Once again I am a total failure at keeping up with this blogging! I'm taking you back to mid-November...
"1 week til turkey, and 1 month til TURKEY!!!!!" read my brother Christopher's status on facebook. I figured out the first part- it meant one week until he got to eat turkey for thanksgiving. However, what else could the second turkey be besides the country!? I wrote him a message on facebook demanding an immediate explanation and told him that if he comes anywhere near Europe I will stalk him down!! Within a week I had successfully crashed (with permission) his plans to go to Istanbul over Christmas break. The trip was absolutely amazing! Istanbul is an incredible city! Christopher, his wonderful girlfriend Holly, and I stayed with Julia, Christopher's generous friend who was studying abroad in Istanbul.
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| These lovely smiling faces were waiting for me after I finally found my bus to Julia's apartment! |
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| View of Asia from the Sultan's Palace |
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| In front of the Blue Mosque |
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| Inside the Blue Mosque |
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| Infront of the Hagia Sophia |
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| Such a great night life. This picture was probably taken at around 1am : ) |
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| This pic is dark (the flash on my camera decided to conveniently stop working on this trip!) but this is a pic of a man pouring us a delish milky-honey-y-cinnamony thick drink called Sahlab (not to be confused with the naughty french word salope!) |
not quite finished with this post...i'm off to Paris tomorrow and need to pack!! much love to all!! xoxoxoxoox
