Spring break
As one of my friends (MH) have been grateful enough to point out...I haven't been writing much lately. The reason for the recent abscence was because I'm on spring break and am travelling around. Mom's here which is lovely. Was in Istanbul for 5 days and a lovely city no doubt. Would never live there though but that is more because of the language barrier than anything else. Clean and smog-free....and you appreicate that so much after living in Cairo.So about Istanbul.....think of it this way, it was the capital of the Ottomans for a loooong time and the Ottomans ruled a hella lot and for a centuries too. So there is this grand palace in Istanbul called the Topkai palace and then the museum within in....WAO!! Seriously the grandeur of the royal Ottomans is amazing. They had coffee cup holders with diamonds on them!!!
i knew that Istanbul is called the City of Mosques...but didn't imagine that many mosques. SO MANY! And plenty of pretty old ones. The city is a pleasant mix of different religions (mainly Islam, Judaism and Greek Orthdox) and different levels of conformity or orthodoxy to religion.
Also, saw a performance by the Whilring Derishes...beautiful. I mean you can't go to Rumi's city and then not see that, right?
There is obviously more to say but don't have the time right now....also I think pictures would speak better than words. Though God knows when I'll be able to put them up (now now Habib...calm down!).
Off again tomorrow for 3 days or so...where? You'll find out!
posted by mir @ 3:07 AM
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