Category: Istanbul

Each morning our group has breakfast on the 6th floor covered roof in our hotel. One of the most noticeable things about the view is how the haze seems to fade away parts of the city, much like my brain right now. We’ve done so much that I rely on my camera to help me…

Four years ago I was sitting in Blount Auditorium where Weldon was presenting on Byzantine architecture. Up until that point I had found most of the historical world architecture being covered exotic because I hadn’t traveled and experienced other cultures aside from still images and the occasional movie. Once in a while you’ll come across a building…

Istanbul is everything I thought it would be and more. I don’t want to only be here 10 days. After two long flights, (we left Boston at 5:45pm EST and arrived in Rome around 7:30am CET…had a 3 hour layover and arrived in Istanbul at 1:30 EET) neither of which we got much sleep, we…