tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:39:05 +0000http://a-tinuviel-in-turkey.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Kim Tinuviel)Blogger21125ATinuvielInTurkeyhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718.post-4062707339700671295Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:33:00 +00002009-04-23T16:35:31.325-07:00Today is my last day in Turkey. I'm looking forward to coming home, but I'm going to miss all of the wonderful experiences this amazing country has to offer. I came for the cultural experience, but there is so much history here too. Different religions, people from all over the world... kind of like the US.On my way to Izmir to visit the bazaar and head for the airport for the first leg of my http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~3/-lMcY9j8Gqg/impressions-of-turkey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Tinuviel)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~4/-lMcY9j8Gqg" height="1" width="1"/>http://a-tinuviel-in-turkey.blogspot.com/2009/04/impressions-of-turkey.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718.post-7625723680354873979Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:06:00 +00002009-04-22T11:45:05.831-07:00We stayed just one night in Selcuk because Robert has a friend who has a friend who has a former college roommate who is Turkish and owns a hotel in Kusadasi. Apparently there was a flurry of emailing before we left for Turkey and a possible invitation to visit Reza at his hotel, The Ephesia. A couple of days ago Robert emailed again to let Reza know that we would be in the vicinity on Tuesday, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~3/fL8_qbyQXP4/kusadasi-ephesia-hotel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Tinuviel)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~4/fL8_qbyQXP4" height="1" width="1"/>http://a-tinuviel-in-turkey.blogspot.com/2009/04/kusadasi-ephesia-hotel.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718.post-2256493948266406902Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:40:00 +00002009-04-22T06:59:01.686-07:00This photo is for Claire... before I left for Turkey, she told me that she had been to Ephesus and had found the earliest 'advertisement' recorded. Since I do a lot of advertising work, this was of interest to me, and she clarified that the advertisement was for a brothel. Great. Well, I was curious enough to look for some Latin or Greek inscription on the doorway of one of the buildings, but http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~3/JeDGAPRQPb8/ephesus-and-selcuk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Tinuviel)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~4/JeDGAPRQPb8" height="1" width="1"/>http://a-tinuviel-in-turkey.blogspot.com/2009/04/ephesus-and-selcuk.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718.post-7043265001805250096Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:57:00 +00002009-04-20T13:22:37.761-07:00Today, Monday, was market day in Karacasu. This is a small mountain town between Pamukkale/Hieropolis and Selcuk/Ephesus. We had to drive through this town yesterday in a search for lodging, then had to come back through this morning on our way back to Aphrodisias.What a lucky accident! It was market day and everyone was out and dressed in their most colorful clothes, too! Until today, we have http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~3/y3CPC-9guhY/market-day-in-karacasu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Tinuviel)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~4/y3CPC-9guhY" height="1" width="1"/>http://a-tinuviel-in-turkey.blogspot.com/2009/04/market-day-in-karacasu.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718.post-4201194820546051759Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:14:00 +00002009-04-19T12:42:40.388-07:00Hieropolis is yet another ancient city, this time in the upper Menderes Valley (that's where the word "meander" comes from...). This is geothermal country and the guidebooks say that there are at least seventeen thermal springs in the area, so it makes sense that ancient people would build their cities near these places with healing benefits.There are two entrances to Hieropolis and the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~3/s9AiyOHptWs/hieropolis-pamukkale-and-mountains.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Tinuviel)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~4/s9AiyOHptWs" height="1" width="1"/>http://a-tinuviel-in-turkey.blogspot.com/2009/04/hieropolis-pamukkale-and-mountains.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718.post-6209520563529367535Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:13:00 +00002009-04-18T12:27:30.063-07:00Today we left the coast and headed inland for the Turkish hinterlands. Not really, but that's how one of the guidebooks says it. Our first stop was a town called Sart (Turkish) and Sardis (ancient Roman) that has a couple of ancient ruins that were very interesting.The first ruin we visited was the Temple of Artemis. It was really fantastic, but you've seen a lot of these photos on my blog http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~3/4JVQF5b5ZnE/artemis-handmaidens.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Tinuviel)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~4/4JVQF5b5ZnE" height="1" width="1"/>http://a-tinuviel-in-turkey.blogspot.com/2009/04/artemis-handmaidens.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718.post-3723163409070613529Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:04:00 +00002009-04-18T10:09:22.171-07:00This photo is for Carol and Dana... as we drive further south, the wildflowers are increasing in quantity and frequency. Leaving Istanbul, there were very few flowers blooming alongside the road. A few daisies and not much else. Now there are flowers everywhere. Yesterday, driving from Bergama to Foca, we suddenly began seeing these purple flowers whizzing by. Curiosity got the best of us and we http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~3/6mZV6MJR590/bergama-to-foca.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Tinuviel)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~4/6mZV6MJR590" height="1" width="1"/>http://a-tinuviel-in-turkey.blogspot.com/2009/04/bergama-to-foca.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718.post-8941896823911891467Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:51:00 +00002009-04-17T11:27:56.829-07:00 This morning I visited an archeological site in the city of Bergama called Asklepieion. At the parking area of all of these sites is where the local vendors sell their goodies to the eager tourists. Most of these merchants are very eager (to say the least) to sell you some high-quality item such as a rug with a camel or an elephant on it (there might be some camels in the eastern part of thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~3/XSYeelK-8bs/turkish-rock-roll.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Tinuviel)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~4/XSYeelK-8bs" height="1" width="1"/>http://a-tinuviel-in-turkey.blogspot.com/2009/04/turkish-rock-roll.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718.post-1239244417514724223Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:44:00 +00002009-04-16T09:00:42.206-07:00This post is for Jody... Well, I'm sure you've all heard of the Trojan Horse. At Troy they have built a replica of what the legendary horse might have looked like. It stands about 35-40 feet tall and is mounted near an interpretive center in a public courtyard at the Troy site. When you park your car and go through the turnstiles at the ticket booth, it is the first thing you see.All over Turkey,http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~3/B2x1yDY1h54/trojan-puppies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Tinuviel)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~4/B2x1yDY1h54" height="1" width="1"/>http://a-tinuviel-in-turkey.blogspot.com/2009/04/trojan-puppies.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718.post-2249055861478013778Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:52:00 +00002009-04-15T22:18:59.520-07:00Here's a great example of the types of things found at the Troy excavation. Lots of block walls, fluted columns and a few engraved items such as tombstones, building facades and carved ceilings. You can walk around and snoop just about everywhere and there are about twelve "stops" with translated comments and descriptions on a guided walk.We spent a couple of hours at this site, about an hour at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~3/od88OwvxnMc/troy-and-assos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Tinuviel)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~4/od88OwvxnMc" height="1" width="1"/>http://a-tinuviel-in-turkey.blogspot.com/2009/04/troy-and-assos.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718.post-1331452145560482783Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:49:00 +00002009-04-18T09:10:35.121-07:00This afternoon we arrived in Behrmakale, where the ruins of Assos are found. Offshore six miles is the island of Lesbos, in Greece. You can see Lesbos in the photo above, through the columns at the temple of Assos!This is Ismail, our personal archeologist for the day. He gave us a guided tour through what seemed like a small excavation called Troas (sounds like Troy, but is actually a few miles http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~3/yAt_VKzMIGU/marmara-and-aegean.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Tinuviel)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~4/yAt_VKzMIGU" height="1" width="1"/>http://a-tinuviel-in-turkey.blogspot.com/2009/04/marmara-and-aegean.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718.post-2866147158522644082Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:28:00 +00002009-04-12T23:01:54.330-07:00 As I was boarding a passenger ferry from Eminonu in the old part of Istanbul for Kuzguncuk on the Anatolian side, the Imam began the call to prayer. This happens five times a day, beginning at sunrise and the last one at sunset.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~3/SDoR7egvdS8/call-to-prayer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Tinuviel)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~4/SDoR7egvdS8" height="1" width="1"/>http://a-tinuviel-in-turkey.blogspot.com/2009/04/call-to-prayer.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718.post-5175118600504133844Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:16:00 +00002009-04-11T23:55:25.176-07:00Saturday began with another hike doen the hill from our host's home in Kuzguncuk to the port wharf to catch the passenger ferry to Eminonu (the main port of the older part of Istanbul). Once we arrived there, we hopped a bus 2.5 miles up the Golden Horn (the water inlet that separates the old town from the new town on the European side of the city). The goal was to reach the ancient city walls http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~3/kaB8NjgMmxQ/walls-of-istanbul.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Tinuviel)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~4/kaB8NjgMmxQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://a-tinuviel-in-turkey.blogspot.com/2009/04/walls-of-istanbul.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718.post-4749922054557707869Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:38:00 +00002009-04-10T10:10:14.871-07:00This morning I went off on my own while Robert was trying to get the car situation sewn up. Turns out we may be delayed until Monday, as he has decided to purchase a vehicle rather than 'borrow' the Yaris. The purchase will take another business day to complete, and that means waiting in Istanbul over the weekend. At least it is full of interesting sights and people! So, I went off early in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~3/oUHl_pvw-9c/faces-of-istanbul.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Tinuviel)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~4/oUHl_pvw-9c" height="1" width="1"/>http://a-tinuviel-in-turkey.blogspot.com/2009/04/faces-of-istanbul.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718.post-6966768092296613956Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:42:00 +00002009-04-09T12:19:45.015-07:00This morning we set out for another full day of the sights. We got on a commuter boat with Jale, the wife of our host Chetin. She was on her way to her job at HP in Istanbul and we all got on the same commuter boat. She got off on the first stop on the European side. We got off on the second. Upon arrival, we hopped on the tram and took it three stops to the Sutanahmet neighborhood and the Blue http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~3/6NeJDtU7qzo/more-istanbul-sightseeing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Tinuviel)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~4/6NeJDtU7qzo" height="1" width="1"/>http://a-tinuviel-in-turkey.blogspot.com/2009/04/more-istanbul-sightseeing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718.post-3649976630189854508Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:22:00 +00002009-04-08T14:01:53.495-07:00We were up early this morning and went to the European side with our host Chetin. He took us to the Galatasaray University, where he teaches, showed us around and then we had tea at the university's waterfront cafe. The university is in several old (150 years?) buildings on the Bosphorus. These buildings were originally servants quarters for the Galatasaray palace, but were later converted to a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~3/8MxiL_ePCNk/istanbul.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Tinuviel)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~4/8MxiL_ePCNk" height="1" width="1"/>http://a-tinuviel-in-turkey.blogspot.com/2009/04/istanbul.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718.post-3325797341928720315Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:37:00 +00002009-04-07T12:14:03.396-07:00Monday I departed Seattle on an Air France Airbus 330 at about 2pm and arrived in Paris around 11pm Seattle time. About 90 minutes later I caught a Boeing 737 (much more comfortable) to Istanbul and finally arrived at Atatürk Airport around 4pm local time on Tuesday. The time difference is ten hours, so 4pm is 6am in Seattle.Catching a shuttle into town, Robert and I were confronted with massive http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~3/X84i6hfhDxw/arrived.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Tinuviel)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~4/X84i6hfhDxw" height="1" width="1"/>http://a-tinuviel-in-turkey.blogspot.com/2009/04/arrived.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718.post-3769214777520313291Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:08:00 +00002009-04-05T22:13:48.191-07:00Oh my gosh, I have been so excited today! Tomorrow morning I leave for Turkey! From Seattle, I take Air France to Paris, and then immediately catch an AF connection to Istanbul. It's a three-hour flight from Paris to Istanbul and there is a one-hour time zone difference. The time difference from Seattle to Turkey is ten hours. So 10pm Sunday night in Seattle is 8am in Istanbul. Now you know! In http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~3/gT2iP1hbU40/take-off-for-turkey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Tinuviel)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~4/gT2iP1hbU40" height="1" width="1"/>http://a-tinuviel-in-turkey.blogspot.com/2009/04/take-off-for-turkey.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718.post-3335374405565690569Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:32:00 +00002009-03-30T20:36:45.130-07:00Yesterday Carol asked me about the size of Turkey. I didn't really know, so I looked it up: Turkey is 1565 km (970 miles) east to west and 550 km (400 miles) north to south at its widest points. In area, it's a bit larger than Texas. My trip begins in the northwest part of the country - Istanbul - and then I work around the west toward the southern coast. Robert, my travel partner, will be http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~3/yTT6qdCn0pU/how-big-is-turkey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Tinuviel)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~4/yTT6qdCn0pU" height="1" width="1"/>http://a-tinuviel-in-turkey.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-big-is-turkey.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718.post-5032068458774305328Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:34:00 +00002009-03-26T23:40:14.951-07:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~3/EU9CDbmE2mM/beautiful-country-beautiful-people.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim Tinuviel)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ATinuvielInTurkey/~4/EU9CDbmE2mM" height="1" width="1"/>http://a-tinuviel-in-turkey.blogspot.com/2009/03/beautiful-country-beautiful-people.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616277373838563718.post-6667934123963078429Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:20:00 +00002009-03-22T00:32:51.074-07:00