Today we hit some of the main tourist sites in Istanbul. To bad I don’t have an easy way to upload pics…The curious can find images via google.<\/p>\n
Sites:<\/p>\n
– Blue Mosqoue; huge 400 year old building, very impressive dome!<\/p>\n
– Aya Sofia; another impressive dom; this building was a church for it’s first 1000 years, then Constantinople was conquert and the new muslim rulers decided the building would make a nice mosque<\/p>\n
– Byzantine Cistern; this is a giant underground cistern build by the Romans. Unbelievable what they put together here<\/p>\n
– Spice Market; big market hall with all kinds of shops but mostly spices and traditional sweets<\/p>\n
– Grand Bazaar; actually one enormous tourist trap; I can’t count how often I was asked today if I wanted to buy a carpet!<\/p>\n
The area aroun the above markets is full with shops of all sizes and shapes where one can by anything.<\/p>\n
The density and variety of historic sites here is rather unique. So much history was made here by the Greek, Romans, Ottomans with there different cultures and religions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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