Sunday, January 10, 2010
5:33 PM
Turkey Trip.ok, i finally have the mood to blog about it....
DAY 1FREE AND EASY! the flight was almost 14hours and we landed at istanbul in the afternoon and we decided to go explore the streets and find something to eat. We went for lunch at a restaurant and the staff there were so funny! we had difficulties communicating with them and all the restaurant staff came out to serve us. the waiter, the manager and even the chef came out.
BREAD SHOP!
DAY 2
it was the start of our tour.... it was a very busy and tiring day. we went to hippodrome square, blue mosque, hagia sophia museum, topkapi palace and the grand bazzar. Let the photos do the talking...
Monument at hippodrome square.
Blue mosque that was initially a church.
mosaic of Jesus.
kids that kept taking photos of me. HEHEE
Blue mosque.
kebap for lunch.
Topkapi palace.
The Grand Bazzar
Turkish coffee
Horrible lentil soup that was served almost every meal. look at my disgusted face.
DAY 3
We left Istanbul and headed to canakkale. to get out of Istanbul, u can either take ferry or by a highway. we went to take a ferry and it was a beautiful sight. after that, we visited he wooden horse of troy.
pathetic lunch.
we were waiting for the ferry, so we took some photos.
seagulls floating on the water!
it was extremely windy!
the wooden horse of Troy.
DAY 4
we visited the ancient city of Troy. It is supposed that troy was set up between 3500-3000 B.C. Then, we visited virgin mary's cottage. its kinda amazing how virgin mary's house was found. there was this lady in the 19th century who dreamt about virgin mary's house and that it was located at a specific mountain in Ephesus. The lady told her cousin, who was a journalist, about the dream and her cousin published it. later on, the Germans went to find the place and they found a house.
it was quite boring at troy. playing with kitty was much more fun!
city of troy.
then we visited virgin mary's cottage..
baptism pool.
DAY 5
firstly, we went to the leather factory. the leather factory was boring, so my sister and I went outside to play, and we took lots of photos.. the peacocks there were running around freely. so fun!
then we went to Ephesus.
The first advertistment.
temple of artemis(7 wonders of ancient world). look at my sian face.... there is only a small structure left.
TO BE CONTINUED!
