Here is a lil post for my darling who is going over to Turkey soon.
A lil touristy info to make her journey a lil more insightful and also,hopefully, she’ll think of me when she sees all these beautiful places =)
I dunno bout u darling, but for me, if I know something bout the place that I’m visiting, I’ll b able to appreciate it more.
Besides, I want you to be able to relate to wat the tour guide will hafta say during tour.
So here goes my first entry bout Turkey, the land where Achilles battled the Trojans.
Bosphorus Bridge
The Bosphorus Bridge, also known as the First Bosphorus Bridge, is one of the two bridges in Istanbul spanning the Bosphorus strait and thus connecting Europe and Asia.
The other bridge, the Second Bosphorus Bridge is the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge.
Ernest Frederick, a civil engineer working for the US government and stationed in Turkey at the time, was the first American to cross the bridge.
American comedian and Ambassador for UNICEF Danny Kaye, dressed like a clown, followed him with a pack of Turkish children. As a huge crowd of people started to run after them, the bridge began to vibrate, and the crowd had to be held back to avoid any damage
On May 15, 2005 at 7.00 local time, U.S. tennis star Venus Williams played a show game with Turkish standout İpek Şenoğlu on the bridge, the first tennis match ever to be played on two continents.
Fully loaded, the bridge sags about 90cm (almost 1 full meter!!) in the middle of the span.
Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia is a former patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey.
I hope my darling is not getting bored by this architectural stuff, although I know darling would probably prefer if I do a write up on where/what to shop in Turkey. I’m sorry darling, i suck when it comes to shopping ideas – i bet you that already :P
The current building was originally constructed as a church between A.D. 532 and 537
In 1453, Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Turks and was converted into the Ayasofya Mosque. The bells, altar, iconostasis, and sacrificial vessels were removed, and many of the mosaics were eventually plastered over. The Islamic features — such as the mihrab, the minbar, and the four minarets outside — were added over the course of its history under the Ottomans
One of the minarets was built from red brick while the other three were built from white marble.The reason for the varying dimensions and mass of the minarets was to counterweight the main structure’s mass and distribute the weight uniformly. Latest research shows that without the counterweight of the minarets, the main structure would tend to collapse.
All rite, I think this is as much as i can write for tonite, and i think this is as much bore as my darling can take for a day =)
As for shopping ideas, i might not be the best person to blog bout it, but here you go darling, a link i found which i think will be of great help =)
http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com/details/Shopping/
Happy reading!
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