• Eric Johnstone
  • Eric Johnstone

Turkey

A short but fine adventure by Eric Read more
  • Trip start
    June 16, 2024
  • Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque

    June 16, 2024 in Turkey ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    This mosque is just like that board game I hate, Carcassonne. The building was built by the Romans for Christens then the Ottomans came along and said thank you very much, we'll take it and converted it to a Mosque. They covered up the walls that had christen images and the coverings where later removed to expose the christen images.Read more

  • Istanbul

    June 16, 2024 in Turkey ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    Over all I was no impressed with Istanbul. I think all of the Egyptian obelisks have been stolen from Egypt. The cruise company had a dance team come onto the ship to perform some Turkish dances. I had never seen that type of dancing before.Read more

    Trip end
    June 18, 2024