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Istanbul: First Encounter with the Historic Peninsula.

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11/25/09 Images from the Historic Peninsula and the surrounding museums. This includes The Istanbul Archeology Museums and The Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art. The Turkish and Islamic Art Museum wasn’t terribly exciting and the best parts were where they described the history of carpets related to European paintings by artists like Hans Holbein and [...]

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Istanbul: FIRST WEEK OF FOOD

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This post is dedicated to the DELICIOUS food of Turkey. Each week there will be a post that contains the delectable, amazing, tasty, strange, and memorable foods that I digested in Turkey… and subsequently gained 10 pounds from.

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Do Svidanya Moscow, Merhaba Istanbul!

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11/20/09 A DAY OF TRAVEL

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Fourth and FINAL Week in Moscow: Workshops and Master Classes

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Ekaterina Borisovna Workshop and Master Class

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Fourth and FINAL Week in Moscow: Everything Else and the Week in Pictures

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11/12-11/19: Kolomenskoye Park, Kremlin, Russian Rave, Hortus Musicus, Metros of Moscow, LAST SUPPER.

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Third Week in Moscow: Workshops and Master Classes

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11/3-11/11 /09 Master Class with Alexei, Master class with Dimitry, Visiting a convent outside of Moscow to meet a nun who is an Iconographer!

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Third Week in Moscow: Everything Else and the Week in Photos

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Everything outside of the Workshops and Master Classes I attended in the week of 11/3-11/10.

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Second Week in Moscow: Part 1

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Master Class at Sabore Workshop, St. Antoniy Pechersky Workshop, 10/27/09-10/28/09

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Second Week in Moscow: Part 2

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10/29-10/30 Lenin’s Mausoleum, Moscow State History Museum, St. Basel’s, GUM, Alexei’s Workshop.

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