After waking at 5am to Morning Prayer broadcast at thousands of watts I caught the tram at Sultanahmet to meet Tanya at Ataturk Airport. It was foggy on the way out and Tanya’s plane from Dubai was the first for the morning not to be diverted to the other airport in Istanbul (close [...]
Entries from April 2007
Tanya arrives
April 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment
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Term is over
April 6th, 2007 · No Comments
Tanya arrives in the morning, school is over and I’m trying to get the details of flights and accommodation all in the one place. Blogs on Ephesus and Cappodicia to come shortly.
The daytime weather is now stunning. If it wasn’t for the Istanbul smog it would be lovely.
Leslie Tulloch arrived Tuesday. She went to Sultanahmet [...]
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Yusafpaşa
April 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment
Went as far as this on the tram this morning to explore the route needed to meet Tanya Friday morning. The headstones were next to the mosque.
On the way back to the city I stopped in Sultanahmet and photographed the Blue Mosque from another angle.
It seems like the crowd is increasing in Sultanahmet. Must be [...]
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