More from Istanbul

What I got trying to access wordpress.com from Istanbul…

Bu siteye erişim mahkeme

kararıyla engellenmiştir.

Access to this site has been suspended with decision of Court.

And when trying to access lningram.wordpress.com (this site specifically):

Bu siteye erişim mahkeme kararıyla engellenmiştir.

T.C. Fatih 2.Asliye Hukuk

Mahkemesi 2007/195 Nolu Kararı

gereği bu siteye erişim

engellenmiştir.

Access to this site has been suspended in accordance with decision no: 2007/195 of T.C. Fatih 2.Civil Court of First Instance.

… pretty interesting, no?

Istanbul

Soooo… I thought I’d post Istanbul pictures. (If you’re not sure where Istanbul is, go here to find out…)

So this is Sultanahmet, the old city. I loved the cobblestone streets. The hotel was about three blocks from here.

Down the street a little (to the right of picture 1; if you keep going down the sidewalk, you come to the Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque..):

David took this picture, and I really really like it; this is the Blue Mosque, seen through the trees on a cloudy day …

The Blue Mosque, from just inside the courtyard:

Wiki notes that the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (named after said Sultan, and a.k.a. the Blue Mosque) was built between 1609 and 1616, and that it stands as the “culmination of two centuries of Ottoman mosque development. It is,” (we are also told), “the last great mosque of the classical period.” There’s more links, if you care to go on :)

This shot (the Hagia Sophia behind us, Blue Mosque in front) really contains a great deal of Sultanahmet (the old city) as it stands today …

Hagia Sophia in the rain. I love doorways, windows, rainy days …

Beautiful, no?

The Author has gone to Istanbul

I am leaving Wednesday, November 14th, and will return on the 20th.

DJ Tiesto is playing in Istanbul on Friday.

In the meantime, I’ve a couple other posts in the works. I’ll try and add one more before leave :) … Wish me luck :)