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USA | Wed, 1 Apr 2015 | By gnome-san | Views [258]
The Great City Miklagard to Vikings, but whether called Miklagard, Byzantium, Constantinople, Stamboul, or Istanbul, the city of 17 million is a mind-numbing kaleidoscope of colors, history, architecture, religion, flowers, products, salesmen, buses, ... Read more >
Tags: bazaar, blue mosque, carpets, chora, colors, hagia sophia, mosaics
MOROCCO | Sat, 12 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [282]
On Wednesday, we had about half an hour to eat lunch because at 1:00 we needed to go visit the Moroccan parliament as a field trip for poli sci. I've clearly gotten accustomed to my longer lunches, because despite half an hour being plenty of time ... Read more >
Tags: clocks, mosaics, parliament, pictures
TURKEY | Fri, 9 Dec 2011 | By rachelina | Views [2907]
This is what overnight buses do to you. Overnight bus number 2 took us to Antakya, 55 miles from the Syrian border. Reading the guidebook, we were charmed by the writer's conviction that Antakya was the 'Jewel of the Mediterranean'. This was ... Read more >
Tags: antakya, archeological museum, bus, hatay, local transport, mosaics, sleep deprivation, turkey