The Syncretist International » ayasofya http://syncretist.org Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:08:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Ayasofya From Beneath Her Chandeliers http://syncretist.org/2009/01/20/ayasofya-from-beneath-her-chandeliers/ http://syncretist.org/2009/01/20/ayasofya-from-beneath-her-chandeliers/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:33:53 +0000 stellar magnet http://www.vuhrtoo.com/?p=274 I took one picture and liked how it looked so I decided to take a series.

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]]> http://syncretist.org/2009/01/20/ayasofya-from-beneath-her-chandeliers/feed/ 0 Ayasofya and Turkish Stalkers http://syncretist.org/2009/01/20/ayasofya-and-turkish-stalkers/ http://syncretist.org/2009/01/20/ayasofya-and-turkish-stalkers/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:30:01 +0000 stellar magnet http://www.vuhrtoo.com/?p=265 Decided I had to shell out the 20 Turkish Lira and see the Ayasofya (Hagia Sofia). It was cool and all, but as Shane had warned me, there was this scaffolding all up in the center part which took away from it. I liked the mosaics. Oh yeah, on my way there I kind of had a stalker. He got on the tram with me, when he very obviously had no intention of getting on tram and I think he is like trying to guide me to where the Ayasofya is. When we arrive he gets off with me and he is walking with me and then I tell him that I want to be left alone. Weird.

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]]> http://syncretist.org/2009/01/20/ayasofya-and-turkish-stalkers/feed/ 0 Istanbul Tourism, Part One http://syncretist.org/2009/01/12/istanbul-tourism-part-one/ http://syncretist.org/2009/01/12/istanbul-tourism-part-one/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:59:16 +0000 stellar magnet http://www.vuhrtoo.com/?p=178 My first day of Istanbul tourism involved walking around Sultanahmet, looking at Topkapi Palace and the Ayasofia from the outside (Ayasofia was closed for the day?). Visited the Blue Mosque. Then finished the day with a Turkish bath at the Cağaloğlu Hamami. What an experience that was… I was totally naked, but the only person in the women’s section at the moment, and this old Turkish lady was also naked and she scrubbed me down for about an hour. It reminded me of being a kid and my mom giving me a bath! Ha. No pictures from bath, but some others…

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