The trip with my class was an intense 3 full days of seeing and doing everything I possibly could. The city is full of inspiring and beautiful things. From this trip I will derive an inspiration and concept for my design this semester. I am still brewing up my final inspiration. Hope you enjoy the photo's, let me know what inspires you the most! :)
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| Meet my travel buddies! Amanda, Judith, and Amy! :) |
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| After arriving late we went out in search for food. Baklava and pistachio everywhere! |
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| ...and fresh turkish delight! yumm |
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| Turkish tea. Extremely strong black tea with loads of sugar. (This stuff gets you going in the morning!) |
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| Really awesome old vintage store. |
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| The city is a bit rough around the edges.... |
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| I wish my house could have all these lanterns hanging in the window! |
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| 2nd day! Entering the Grand Bazaar... |
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| Outside the Grand Bazzar.... still soo much stuff! |
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| Which one has the Ginnie?? |
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| After an overload of seeing everything and anything in the Grand Bazaar we reloaded with some Turkish tea :) |
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| The Spice Bazaar! (smelled so good) |
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| All the spices, teas, and goodies you could ever imagine. |
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| I kept thinking of my BFF/Roomie Sarah, the tea's looked so beautiful and delicious! ;) |
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| After a really long day we went out to dinner for some Turkish food and wine. They had live music and great decor! |
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| On our third and final day we visited the Blue Mosk. |
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| Eye of Sophia. |
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| Hehe. Salton on a cell phone :) |
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| The Topkapi Palace (1465-1856). This is Istanbul's most major tourist attraction as it is containing the most holy relics of the Muslim world such as the Prophet Muhammad's cloak and sword. oo la la. |
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| It was forbidden to take photos inside, of artifacts and such. So i only have a few. This was an outside court... |
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| The tile work was very beautiful, i love the mix of prints and colours. (inspiration for my design is beginning to form...) |
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| Water stations were scattered all around the grounds. |
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| The view from the palace...(while drinking tea of course.) |
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| The last night we went out and looked in some great antique/ vintage stores. Then went out for a bite to eat and a glass of wine at this super cute resurant! so cheap too! :) (Thanks to Judith for finding it.) |
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| Desperate House Wine :) | |
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| Istanbul, February 2011 :) |
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