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href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>477</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-4410012519080173145</id><published>2007-09-30T17:11:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-16T17:35:09.402+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tokitsukaze'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sumo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hazing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gaman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tokitaizan'/><title type='text'>Suspected Sumo Hazing Death...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rv9vaKKBsuI/AAAAAAAAB_8/s16CfwVxbtg/s1600-h/Sumo+(13).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115930196909863650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rv9vaKKBsuI/AAAAAAAAB_8/s16CfwVxbtg/s200/Sumo+(13).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;On June 26, Tokitaizan, a 17 year old sumo wrestler, collapsed and died after practising for the Nagoya Grand Sumo &lt;em&gt;basho&lt;/em&gt;. His autopsy showed numerous bruises and wounds which the Coroner listed as the likely cause of death. At the time, his fellow wrestlers told authorities that he had injured himself during training. Police have since questioned his trainer Tokitsukaze and the other wrestlers in his stable since the injuries do not appear consistent with those sustained in training. Tokitsukaze has admitted to hitting Tokitaizan in the head with a beer bottle the day before he died, as well as forcing him to train so hard that he could barely stand on the day of his death, and several other wrestlers have also admitted to beating him and kicking him days before his death according to public broadcaster NHK. Tokitaizan had entered sumo this spring and was ranked 39th in the lower rankings before his untimely demise. Japanese police are now considering whether to charge Tokitsukaze.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately hazing is widespread in Japan. It is considered a form of "training" in the sumo world and is also actively practised in junior high and high school sport clubs. It is justified as teaching &lt;em&gt;gaman&lt;/em&gt; (fighting spirit, hierarchal relationships, obedience to authority, group cooperation and, especially, respect for tradition). This &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/rc20070214a2.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Japan Times&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; article has more information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Photo taken by me in September 2001.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-4410012519080173145?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/4410012519080173145/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=4410012519080173145&amp;isPopup=true' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4410012519080173145'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4410012519080173145'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/09/suspected-sumo-hazing-death.html' title='Suspected Sumo Hazing Death...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rv9vaKKBsuI/AAAAAAAAB_8/s16CfwVxbtg/s72-c/Sumo+(13).jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-144157549949541605</id><published>2007-09-28T15:52:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:31:20.514+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shakai Hoken'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tax agent'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tax refund'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dattai ichijikin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shikyu kettei tsuchicho'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lump-sum withdrawal payment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zeimusho'/><title type='text'>How to Claim your Shakai Hoken Refund - for Gaijins Leaving Japan...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rv9NmaKBstI/AAAAAAAAB_0/8lqrBHFWQAY/s1600-h/japanese+yen.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115893023967916754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rv9NmaKBstI/AAAAAAAAB_0/8lqrBHFWQAY/s320/japanese+yen.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;If you have had the misfortune of having to enrol into the Japanese government's &lt;em&gt;Shakai Hoken&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strike&gt;scam&lt;/strike&gt; scheme for a minimum of 6 months then, when you leave Japan, you are entitled to apply for a Lump-sum Withdrawal Payment (&lt;em&gt;dattai ichijikin&lt;/em&gt;). This being Japan there are a confusing number of &lt;strike&gt;hoops to jump through&lt;/strike&gt; steps to complete before you will see any money. In order to receive the Lump-sum Withdrawal Payment you must fulfil the following conditions and file an application from abroad &lt;strong&gt;within two years&lt;/strong&gt; of leaving Japan:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;You do not possess Japanese citizenship&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;You have paid Pension Insurance premiums for 6 months or more&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;You do not have a place of residence in Japan (proven by you cancelling your &lt;em&gt;gaijin&lt;/em&gt; card when you leave)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;You have never qualified for pension benefits - including Disability Allowance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Your refund is calculated by multiplying your average monthly salary by the rate for your insured period of time. The rate for 6-11 months is 0.5 - hence if your average monthly salary was 300 000 yen and you paid premiums for 10 months your refund would be 150 000 yen. (300 000 yen [average monthly salary] x 0.5 [rate] = 150 000 yen) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;As you will no longer be a Japanese resident for tax purposes when you receive your refund, you will be subjected to 20% tax. It's possible to reclaim this money via a tax agent in Japan. Again, this requires &lt;strike&gt;jumping through hoops&lt;/strike&gt; following a confusing procedure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;BEFORE YOU LEAVE JAPAN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;LUMP-SUM WITHDRAWAL PAYMENT:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Obtain a Claim form for the Lump-sum Withdrawal Payment (&lt;em&gt;dattai ichijikin saitei seikyusho&lt;/em&gt;) from your local Social Insurance office (&lt;em&gt;shakai hoken jimusho&lt;/em&gt;). (Note: This is not located at your ward office (&lt;em&gt;kuyakusho&lt;/em&gt;) or city hall (&lt;em&gt;shiyakusho&lt;/em&gt;), they will be able to give you a map to the correct location - in Japanese.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Make sure you have your blue pension handbook (&lt;em&gt;nenkin techo&lt;/em&gt;). If you have lost it, get one reissued from your local Social Insurance Office (&lt;em&gt;shakai hoken jimusho&lt;/em&gt;) before leaving Japan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;TAX REFUND: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Obtain a Notification of Tax Agent form (&lt;em&gt;nozeikanrinin no todokedesho&lt;/em&gt;) from your local tax office (&lt;em&gt;zeimusho&lt;/em&gt;). (Note: This is not located at your ward office (&lt;em&gt;kuyakusho&lt;/em&gt;) or city hall (&lt;em&gt;shiyakusho&lt;/em&gt;), they will be able to give you a map to the correct location - in Japanese.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Appoint a tax agent - they must be a resident of Japan. (You will both need to complete sections on the form.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;File the completed form (&lt;em&gt;nozeikanrinin no todokedesho&lt;/em&gt;) at your local tax office (&lt;em&gt;zeimusho&lt;/em&gt;). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;AFTER YOU LEAVE JAPAN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;LUMP-SUM WITHDRAWAL (WITHIN 2 YEARS):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Mail in your claim form (&lt;em&gt;dattai ichijikin saitei seikyusho&lt;/em&gt;) along with your blue pension book (&lt;em&gt;nenkin techo&lt;/em&gt;), a photocopy of your passport detailing your name, date of birth, nationality, signature and date of departure from Japan, a document verifying the name of your bank, the branch office, the address of the branch and your account number. The Social Insurance Agency requires that your bank account be in your name and located in your home country. (Note: Remember to keep a copy of your Employees' Pension Insurance Registration Number noted in your pension book.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;TAX REFUND (WITHIN 5 YEARS):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Mail the original Notice on Payment of the Lump-sum Withdrawal Payment (&lt;em&gt;shikyu kettei tsuchicho&lt;/em&gt;) to your tax agent in Japan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Your tax agent must file the original form and the Settlement Application form (&lt;em&gt;kakutei shinkokusho&lt;/em&gt;) at the same tax office (&lt;em&gt;zeimusho&lt;/em&gt;) where you originally filed your Notification of Tax Agent form (&lt;em&gt;nozeikanrinin no todokedesho&lt;/em&gt;). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;The tax refund will not be sent abroad. It will be deposited into your tax agent's bank account that will be designated when they file the paperwork. The tax agent is then responsible for transferring the money to you. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Await the transfer of tax refund money from your tax agent. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;The application form must be mailed from outside Japan and the processing time can be anywhere from 3 to 6 months for the refund to be desposited to your account, if the application is in order. The partial refund is administered by the &lt;a href="http://www.sia.go.jp/e/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Social Insurance Agency&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;(3-5-24 Takaido-nishi, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, 168-8505 Japan).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;The most useful website I found about this &lt;strike&gt;mind numbing&lt;/strike&gt; time consuming process is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.city.yokohama.jp/me/naka/contents/english/life/finance/pension.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Yokohama's Naka Ward Town News&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Image came from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/photos/2007/07/12/1976481.htm" target="_top"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-144157549949541605?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/144157549949541605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=144157549949541605&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/144157549949541605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/144157549949541605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/09/how-to-claim-your-shakai-hoken-refund.html' title='How to Claim your Shakai Hoken Refund - for Gaijins Leaving Japan...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rv9NmaKBstI/AAAAAAAAB_0/8lqrBHFWQAY/s72-c/japanese+yen.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-219655795122577423</id><published>2007-09-02T23:04:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-16T17:34:49.472+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tv shows'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Romance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Australia'/><title type='text'>Pucker Up...Or Not?!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtrt560pDCI/AAAAAAAABvs/jti7UIUGj_c/s1600-h/sensesofcinema.com"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105654706876255266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtrt560pDCI/AAAAAAAABvs/jti7UIUGj_c/s200/sensesofcinema.com" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;While watching Japanese TV tonight - always an &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2006/04/rule-planet.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;interesting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2006/05/cooking-with-chimps.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;edifying&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt; experience - a programme claimed that Japanese couples only kiss each other a measly &lt;strong&gt;0.56&lt;/strong&gt; times per day! Aussies claimed third place with an average smooch rate of &lt;strong&gt;5.91&lt;/strong&gt; times per day. One of the guests - a middle aged man - claimed he hadn't kissed his wife in 12 years! &lt;strong&gt;So, it's time to 'fess up - how many kisses do you get in one day?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;"&gt;(Image from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sensesofcinema.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;"&gt; )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-219655795122577423?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/219655795122577423/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=219655795122577423&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/219655795122577423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/219655795122577423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/09/pucker-upor-not.html' title='Pucker Up...Or Not?!'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtrt560pDCI/AAAAAAAABvs/jti7UIUGj_c/s72-c/sensesofcinema.com' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-618123962726167976</id><published>2007-07-13T10:50:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:31:20.882+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advertising'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>Enroute to Istanbul...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjmOa0pCYI/AAAAAAAABqc/Yyp9zPKKdrI/s1600-h/Enroute+to+Istanbul.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105083313017129346" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjqR60pCcI/AAAAAAAABq8/ALfj9ZVSB5w/s400/Homestay+(6).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjqSK0pCdI/AAAAAAAABrE/VjiNTp4nIAY/s1600-h/Homestay+(8).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105087775488149970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjqSK0pCdI/AAAAAAAABrE/VjiNTp4nIAY/s400/Homestay+(8).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjqSq0pCeI/AAAAAAAABrM/EufupYQruf4/s1600-h/Homestay+(9).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105087784078084578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjqSq0pCeI/AAAAAAAABrM/EufupYQruf4/s400/Homestay+(9).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-4132026386229548549?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/4132026386229548549/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=4132026386229548549&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4132026386229548549'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4132026386229548549'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/homestay-dinner.html' title='Homestay Dinner...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjqR60pCcI/AAAAAAAABq8/ALfj9ZVSB5w/s72-c/Homestay+(6).jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-3780218711951827661</id><published>2007-06-28T15:34:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:31:29.608+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cappadocia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goreme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fairy chimneys'/><title type='text'>5 Hour Hike...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjtMa0pCfI/AAAAAAAABrU/orEkPVa8sOU/s1600-h/Hike+Scenery.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105090975238785522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjtMa0pCfI/AAAAAAAABrU/orEkPVa8sOU/s400/Hike+Scenery.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjtM60pCgI/AAAAAAAABrc/Q1yPonLO29g/s1600-h/Hike+Scenery+(1).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105090983828720130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjtM60pCgI/AAAAAAAABrc/Q1yPonLO29g/s400/Hike+Scenery+(1).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjtNa0pChI/AAAAAAAABrk/zwbG64Xfk6I/s1600-h/Hike+Scenery+(2).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105090992418654738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjtNa0pChI/AAAAAAAABrk/zwbG64Xfk6I/s400/Hike+Scenery+(2).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjtOK0pCiI/AAAAAAAABrs/JXBNN4Tm5_A/s1600-h/Hike+Scenery+(3).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105091005303556642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjtOK0pCiI/AAAAAAAABrs/JXBNN4Tm5_A/s400/Hike+Scenery+(3).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjtOa0pCjI/AAAAAAAABr0/GaL0jrqs9Cc/s1600-h/Hike+Scenery+(5).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105091009598523954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjtOa0pCjI/AAAAAAAABr0/GaL0jrqs9Cc/s400/Hike+Scenery+(5).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-3780218711951827661?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/3780218711951827661/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=3780218711951827661&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/3780218711951827661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/3780218711951827661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/5-hour-hike.html' title='5 Hour Hike...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjtMa0pCfI/AAAAAAAABrU/orEkPVa8sOU/s72-c/Hike+Scenery.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-1581489137547688805</id><published>2007-06-27T07:00:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:31:34.785+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cappadocia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goreme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hot air ballooning'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fairy chimneys'/><title type='text'>Aerial View of Cappadocia...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtz-aa0pE9I/AAAAAAAAB_E/wEv_OJ_VTv0/s1600-h/Ballooning+(53).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106235807361471442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtz-aa0pE9I/AAAAAAAAB_E/wEv_OJ_VTv0/s400/Ballooning+(53).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtz-aq0pE-I/AAAAAAAAB_M/ZeExyhypOuw/s1600-h/Ballooning+(54).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106235811656438754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtz-aq0pE-I/AAAAAAAAB_M/ZeExyhypOuw/s400/Ballooning+(54).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtz-bK0pE_I/AAAAAAAAB_U/UGyctgcnUVM/s1600-h/Ballooning+(56).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106235820246373362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtz-bK0pE_I/AAAAAAAAB_U/UGyctgcnUVM/s400/Ballooning+(56).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtz-cq0pFAI/AAAAAAAAB_c/Ectfu0Go_S4/s1600-h/Ballooning+(57).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106235846016177154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtz-cq0pFAI/AAAAAAAAB_c/Ectfu0Go_S4/s400/Ballooning+(57).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtz-dK0pFBI/AAAAAAAAB_k/1v16I7f6uZA/s1600-h/Ballooning+(58).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106235854606111762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtz-dK0pFBI/AAAAAAAAB_k/1v16I7f6uZA/s400/Ballooning+(58).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtz3hq0pE4I/AAAAAAAAB-c/aUP39a-FdR4/s1600-h/Ballooning+(61).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106228235334128514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtz3hq0pE4I/AAAAAAAAB-c/aUP39a-FdR4/s400/Ballooning+(61).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtz3iK0pE5I/AAAAAAAAB-k/dZUhRxV5NK8/s1600-h/Ballooning+(62).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106228243924063122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtz3iK0pE5I/AAAAAAAAB-k/dZUhRxV5NK8/s400/Ballooning+(62).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtz3ia0pE6I/AAAAAAAAB-s/n6Sc9RqzVLU/s1600-h/Ballooning+(63).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106228248219030434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtz3ia0pE6I/AAAAAAAAB-s/n6Sc9RqzVLU/s400/Ballooning+(63).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtz3jK0pE7I/AAAAAAAAB-0/8uq6Pbb-y30/s1600-h/Ballooning+(64).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106228261103932338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtz3jK0pE7I/AAAAAAAAB-0/8uq6Pbb-y30/s400/Ballooning+(64).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtz3ja0pE8I/AAAAAAAAB-8/ax2fkLz5Mk4/s1600-h/Ballooning+(65).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106228265398899650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtz3ja0pE8I/AAAAAAAAB-8/ax2fkLz5Mk4/s400/Ballooning+(65).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzr9K0pEzI/AAAAAAAAB90/vr4PH-4eDqY/s1600-h/Ballooning+(66).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106215513640997682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzr9K0pEzI/AAAAAAAAB90/vr4PH-4eDqY/s400/Ballooning+(66).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzr9a0pE0I/AAAAAAAAB98/I1bkWy8ham8/s1600-h/Ballooning+(67).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106215517935964994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzr9a0pE0I/AAAAAAAAB98/I1bkWy8ham8/s400/Ballooning+(67).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzr960pE1I/AAAAAAAAB-E/z4tdlB2KDbg/s1600-h/Ballooning+(68).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106215526525899602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzr960pE1I/AAAAAAAAB-E/z4tdlB2KDbg/s400/Ballooning+(68).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzr-a0pE2I/AAAAAAAAB-M/sYqJVtYaBSQ/s1600-h/Ballooning+(69).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106215535115834210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzr-a0pE2I/AAAAAAAAB-M/sYqJVtYaBSQ/s400/Ballooning+(69).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzr-q0pE3I/AAAAAAAAB-U/M034E4gJsZ8/s1600-h/Ballooning+(71).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106215539410801522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzr-q0pE3I/AAAAAAAAB-U/M034E4gJsZ8/s400/Ballooning+(71).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzqmq0pEuI/AAAAAAAAB9M/6GsZQd_iFIc/s1600-h/Ballooning+(72).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106214027582313186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzqmq0pEuI/AAAAAAAAB9M/6GsZQd_iFIc/s400/Ballooning+(72).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzqnK0pEvI/AAAAAAAAB9U/OdHnjRldCTA/s1600-h/Ballooning+(75).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106214036172247794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzqnK0pEvI/AAAAAAAAB9U/OdHnjRldCTA/s400/Ballooning+(75).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzqna0pEwI/AAAAAAAAB9c/RVYG1Wcn9_0/s1600-h/Ballooning+(77).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106214040467215106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzqna0pEwI/AAAAAAAAB9c/RVYG1Wcn9_0/s400/Ballooning+(77).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzqnq0pExI/AAAAAAAAB9k/yfze1zyiizo/s1600-h/Ballooning+(78).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106214044762182418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzqnq0pExI/AAAAAAAAB9k/yfze1zyiizo/s400/Ballooning+(78).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzqn60pEyI/AAAAAAAAB9s/57QVH8JdfHI/s1600-h/Ballooning+(79).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106214049057149730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzqn60pEyI/AAAAAAAAB9s/57QVH8JdfHI/s400/Ballooning+(79).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; We flew with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kapadokyaballoons.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Kapadokya Balloons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-1581489137547688805?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/1581489137547688805/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=1581489137547688805&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/1581489137547688805'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/1581489137547688805'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/aerial-view-of-cappadocia.html' title='Aerial View of Cappadocia...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtz-aa0pE9I/AAAAAAAAB_E/wEv_OJ_VTv0/s72-c/Ballooning+(53).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-1429798097762893637</id><published>2007-06-27T06:45:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:31:38.917+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cappadocia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goreme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hot air ballooning'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fairy chimneys'/><title type='text'>Bird's Eye View...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzoKa0pEpI/AAAAAAAAB8k/vur55n_pAM4/s1600-h/Ballooning+(29).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106211343227753106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzoKa0pEpI/AAAAAAAAB8k/vur55n_pAM4/s400/Ballooning+(29).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzoKq0pEqI/AAAAAAAAB8s/qXIrkepjKq8/s1600-h/Ballooning+(30).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106211347522720418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzoKq0pEqI/AAAAAAAAB8s/qXIrkepjKq8/s400/Ballooning+(30).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzoK60pErI/AAAAAAAAB80/S_7A_aPabYg/s1600-h/Ballooning+(31).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106211351817687730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzoK60pErI/AAAAAAAAB80/S_7A_aPabYg/s400/Ballooning+(31).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzoLa0pEsI/AAAAAAAAB88/b44Q7t_p9Wk/s1600-h/Ballooning+(32).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106211360407622338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzoLa0pEsI/AAAAAAAAB88/b44Q7t_p9Wk/s400/Ballooning+(32).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzoLq0pEtI/AAAAAAAAB9E/Iy4Se32obbQ/s1600-h/Ballooning+(33).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106211364702589650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzoLq0pEtI/AAAAAAAAB9E/Iy4Se32obbQ/s400/Ballooning+(33).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtznH60pEkI/AAAAAAAAB78/W2FN67elq3U/s1600-h/Ballooning+(35).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106210200766452290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtznH60pEkI/AAAAAAAAB78/W2FN67elq3U/s400/Ballooning+(35).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtznIK0pElI/AAAAAAAAB8E/mGR7fg4hOcQ/s1600-h/Ballooning+(36).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106210205061419602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtznIK0pElI/AAAAAAAAB8E/mGR7fg4hOcQ/s400/Ballooning+(36).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtznIq0pEmI/AAAAAAAAB8M/MSep2WvgsBw/s1600-h/Ballooning+(37).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106210213651354210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtznIq0pEmI/AAAAAAAAB8M/MSep2WvgsBw/s400/Ballooning+(37).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtznI60pEnI/AAAAAAAAB8U/Eb1_X5U_sSw/s1600-h/Ballooning+(38).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106210217946321522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtznI60pEnI/AAAAAAAAB8U/Eb1_X5U_sSw/s400/Ballooning+(38).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtznJK0pEoI/AAAAAAAAB8c/MOouLU1rjwE/s1600-h/Ballooning+(39).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106210222241288834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtznJK0pEoI/AAAAAAAAB8c/MOouLU1rjwE/s400/Ballooning+(39).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzlx60pEfI/AAAAAAAAB7U/YIWGQG7yzEQ/s1600-h/Ballooning+(40).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106208723297702386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzlx60pEfI/AAAAAAAAB7U/YIWGQG7yzEQ/s400/Ballooning+(40).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzlya0pEgI/AAAAAAAAB7c/yq7BKihLlSo/s1600-h/Ballooning+(41).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106208731887636994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzlya0pEgI/AAAAAAAAB7c/yq7BKihLlSo/s400/Ballooning+(41).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzly60pEhI/AAAAAAAAB7k/tt4TGSxJc3E/s1600-h/Ballooning+(42).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106208740477571602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzly60pEhI/AAAAAAAAB7k/tt4TGSxJc3E/s400/Ballooning+(42).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzlzK0pEiI/AAAAAAAAB7s/Q0iGsLJfbmk/s1600-h/Ballooning+(43).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106208744772538914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzlzK0pEiI/AAAAAAAAB7s/Q0iGsLJfbmk/s400/Ballooning+(43).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzlzq0pEjI/AAAAAAAAB70/d1rUBKxl26o/s1600-h/Ballooning+(44).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106208753362473522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzlzq0pEjI/AAAAAAAAB70/d1rUBKxl26o/s400/Ballooning+(44).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzkcK0pEaI/AAAAAAAAB6s/4jERE4lVaYY/s1600-h/Ballooning+(47).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106207250123919778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzkcK0pEaI/AAAAAAAAB6s/4jERE4lVaYY/s400/Ballooning+(47).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzkca0pEbI/AAAAAAAAB60/bVyvCKTci8E/s1600-h/Ballooning+(48).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106207254418887090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzkca0pEbI/AAAAAAAAB60/bVyvCKTci8E/s400/Ballooning+(48).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzkc60pEcI/AAAAAAAAB68/NaWFTrQptag/s1600-h/Ballooning+(49).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106207263008821698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzkc60pEcI/AAAAAAAAB68/NaWFTrQptag/s400/Ballooning+(49).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzkdK0pEdI/AAAAAAAAB7E/DAa4yk6W0TY/s1600-h/Ballooning+(50).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106207267303789010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzkdK0pEdI/AAAAAAAAB7E/DAa4yk6W0TY/s400/Ballooning+(50).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzkda0pEeI/AAAAAAAAB7M/XeHG6HKfyJc/s1600-h/Ballooning+(51).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106207271598756322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzkda0pEeI/AAAAAAAAB7M/XeHG6HKfyJc/s400/Ballooning+(51).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;We flew with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kapadokyaballoons.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Kapadokya Balloons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-1429798097762893637?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/1429798097762893637/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=1429798097762893637&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/1429798097762893637'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/1429798097762893637'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/birds-eye-view.html' title='Bird&apos;s Eye View...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzoKa0pEpI/AAAAAAAAB8k/vur55n_pAM4/s72-c/Ballooning+(29).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-5084698067867903350</id><published>2007-06-27T06:30:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:31:42.366+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cappadocia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goreme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hot air ballooning'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fairy chimneys'/><title type='text'>Up, Up and Away...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzcy60pEVI/AAAAAAAAB6E/cUxA_yCW-Vg/s1600-h/Ballooning+(11).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106198844872921426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzcy60pEVI/AAAAAAAAB6E/cUxA_yCW-Vg/s400/Ballooning+(11).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzcza0pEWI/AAAAAAAAB6M/Qs30tNz8rK8/s1600-h/Ballooning+(12).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106198853462856034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzcza0pEWI/AAAAAAAAB6M/Qs30tNz8rK8/s400/Ballooning+(12).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzcz60pEXI/AAAAAAAAB6U/NTgOBb0y5ro/s1600-h/Ballooning+(13).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106198862052790642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzcz60pEXI/AAAAAAAAB6U/NTgOBb0y5ro/s400/Ballooning+(13).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzc0K0pEYI/AAAAAAAAB6c/ZPn7rxrI6bY/s1600-h/Ballooning+(14).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106198866347757954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzc0K0pEYI/AAAAAAAAB6c/ZPn7rxrI6bY/s400/Ballooning+(14).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzc0a0pEZI/AAAAAAAAB6k/caAqCGa7fWg/s1600-h/Ballooning+(15).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106198870642725266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzc0a0pEZI/AAAAAAAAB6k/caAqCGa7fWg/s400/Ballooning+(15).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzbq60pEQI/AAAAAAAAB5c/JgQDTcjptvk/s1600-h/Ballooning+(16).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106197607922340098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzbq60pEQI/AAAAAAAAB5c/JgQDTcjptvk/s400/Ballooning+(16).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzbra0pERI/AAAAAAAAB5k/Fnw8LOE-JVs/s1600-h/Ballooning+(17).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106197616512274706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzbra0pERI/AAAAAAAAB5k/Fnw8LOE-JVs/s400/Ballooning+(17).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzbrq0pESI/AAAAAAAAB5s/SHpd4NWlPBA/s1600-h/Ballooning+(18).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106197620807242018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzbrq0pESI/AAAAAAAAB5s/SHpd4NWlPBA/s400/Ballooning+(18).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzbsK0pETI/AAAAAAAAB50/TAA47gNfCD8/s1600-h/Ballooning+(19).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106197629397176626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzbsK0pETI/AAAAAAAAB50/TAA47gNfCD8/s400/Ballooning+(19).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzbsa0pEUI/AAAAAAAAB58/_ahdMjSId_w/s1600-h/Ballooning+(20).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106197633692143938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzbsa0pEUI/AAAAAAAAB58/_ahdMjSId_w/s400/Ballooning+(20).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzaJ60pELI/AAAAAAAAB40/NZEt2qA8qgM/s1600-h/Ballooning+(21).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106195941475029170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzaJ60pELI/AAAAAAAAB40/NZEt2qA8qgM/s400/Ballooning+(21).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzaKK0pEMI/AAAAAAAAB48/Q0pUaWfoHDk/s1600-h/Ballooning+(22).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106195945769996482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzaKK0pEMI/AAAAAAAAB48/Q0pUaWfoHDk/s400/Ballooning+(22).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzaKq0pENI/AAAAAAAAB5E/bwzmDdKkOj8/s1600-h/Ballooning+(23).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106195954359931090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzaKq0pENI/AAAAAAAAB5E/bwzmDdKkOj8/s400/Ballooning+(23).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzaLK0pEOI/AAAAAAAAB5M/_JUm6kmzN1I/s1600-h/Ballooning+(24).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106195962949865698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzaLK0pEOI/AAAAAAAAB5M/_JUm6kmzN1I/s400/Ballooning+(24).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzaLa0pEPI/AAAAAAAAB5U/4NoJIM-nQQI/s1600-h/Ballooning+(26).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106195967244833010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtzaLa0pEPI/AAAAAAAAB5U/4NoJIM-nQQI/s400/Ballooning+(26).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;We flew with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kapadokyaballoons.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Kapadokya Balloons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-5084698067867903350?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/5084698067867903350/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=5084698067867903350&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/5084698067867903350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/5084698067867903350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/up-up-and-away.html' title='Up, Up and Away...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtzcy60pEVI/AAAAAAAAB6E/cUxA_yCW-Vg/s72-c/Ballooning+(11).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-1307480078502886616</id><published>2007-06-27T06:17:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:31:45.182+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cappadocia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goreme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hot air ballooning'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fairy chimneys'/><title type='text'>Prepping the Balloon...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtyqHK0pEKI/AAAAAAAAB4s/oHdsEecTDsg/s1600-h/Ballooning.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106143117672255650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtyqHK0pEKI/AAAAAAAAB4s/oHdsEecTDsg/s400/Ballooning.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtypS60pEFI/AAAAAAAAB4E/7to0ZCE-uHA/s1600-h/Ballooning+(1).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106142220024090706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtypS60pEFI/AAAAAAAAB4E/7to0ZCE-uHA/s400/Ballooning+(1).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtypTa0pEGI/AAAAAAAAB4M/xFrthX-zXe4/s1600-h/Ballooning+(2).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106142228614025314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtypTa0pEGI/AAAAAAAAB4M/xFrthX-zXe4/s400/Ballooning+(2).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtypTq0pEHI/AAAAAAAAB4U/p1_PoJMb6-E/s1600-h/Ballooning+(3).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106142232908992626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtypTq0pEHI/AAAAAAAAB4U/p1_PoJMb6-E/s400/Ballooning+(3).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtypUK0pEII/AAAAAAAAB4c/xi0AK4Ixlu0/s1600-h/Ballooning+(4).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106142241498927234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtypUK0pEII/AAAAAAAAB4c/xi0AK4Ixlu0/s400/Ballooning+(4).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtypUa0pEJI/AAAAAAAAB4k/HJCU2NkGodk/s1600-h/Ballooning+(5).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106142245793894546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtypUa0pEJI/AAAAAAAAB4k/HJCU2NkGodk/s400/Ballooning+(5).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtyihq0pD7I/AAAAAAAAB20/7fleZtir7gE/s1600-h/Ballooning+(6).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106134776845766578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtyihq0pD7I/AAAAAAAAB20/7fleZtir7gE/s400/Ballooning+(6).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtyih60pD8I/AAAAAAAAB28/KLjdiuMXg-A/s1600-h/Ballooning+(7).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106134781140733890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtyih60pD8I/AAAAAAAAB28/KLjdiuMXg-A/s400/Ballooning+(7).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtyiia0pD9I/AAAAAAAAB3E/GJjB7PIMBYE/s1600-h/Ballooning+(8).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106134789730668498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtyiia0pD9I/AAAAAAAAB3E/GJjB7PIMBYE/s400/Ballooning+(8).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtyiiq0pD-I/AAAAAAAAB3M/PASPL3LspeQ/s1600-h/Ballooning+(9).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106134794025635810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtyiiq0pD-I/AAAAAAAAB3M/PASPL3LspeQ/s400/Ballooning+(9).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtyii60pD_I/AAAAAAAAB3U/NZjpvBj5oQw/s1600-h/Ballooning+(10).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106134798320603122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtyii60pD_I/AAAAAAAAB3U/NZjpvBj5oQw/s400/Ballooning+(10).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; We flew with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kapadokyaballoons.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Kapadokya Balloons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-1307480078502886616?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/1307480078502886616/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=1307480078502886616&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/1307480078502886616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/1307480078502886616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/prepping-balloon.html' title='Prepping the Balloon...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtyqHK0pEKI/AAAAAAAAB4s/oHdsEecTDsg/s72-c/Ballooning.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-3527298524220101117</id><published>2007-06-26T21:34:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:31:45.918+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cappadocia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goreme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>Testi Kebab...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Q:&lt;/strong&gt; What is &lt;em&gt;Testi Kebab&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtjzoa0pCvI/AAAAAAAABtU/Un7sxH8qXd4/s1600-h/Testi+Kebab+(5).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105098053344889586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtjzoa0pCvI/AAAAAAAABtU/Un7sxH8qXd4/s400/Testi+Kebab+(5).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;A:&lt;/strong&gt; A Goreme specialty consisting of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtjzo60pCwI/AAAAAAAABtc/1qjq54WXRUE/s1600-h/Testi+Kebab+(6).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105098061934824194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtjzo60pCwI/AAAAAAAABtc/1qjq54WXRUE/s400/Testi+Kebab+(6).jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;a combination of meat and vegetables&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtjzpa0pCxI/AAAAAAAABtk/8zLjGQjaGIY/s1600-h/Testi+Kebab+(7).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105098070524758802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtjzpa0pCxI/AAAAAAAABtk/8zLjGQjaGIY/s400/Testi+Kebab+(7).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; cooked slowly in a sealed terracotta pot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtjzp60pCyI/AAAAAAAABts/rAj-IPSLINE/s1600-h/Testi+Kebab+(10).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105098079114693410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtjzp60pCyI/AAAAAAAABts/rAj-IPSLINE/s400/Testi+Kebab+(10).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; which is broken open before serving.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtjzqa0pCzI/AAAAAAAABt0/jb0ZkIg446Y/s1600-h/Testi+Kebab+(8).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105098087704628018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtjzqa0pCzI/AAAAAAAABt0/jb0ZkIg446Y/s400/Testi+Kebab+(8).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;The result - the perfect antidote to a long, tiring day on the road.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-3527298524220101117?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/3527298524220101117/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=3527298524220101117&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/3527298524220101117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/3527298524220101117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/testi-kebab.html' title='Testi Kebab...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtjzoa0pCvI/AAAAAAAABtU/Un7sxH8qXd4/s72-c/Testi+Kebab+(5).jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-4293136453853486065</id><published>2007-06-26T21:06:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:31:46.318+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cappadocia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goreme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>Goreme Restaurant...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjyTa0pCtI/AAAAAAAABtE/kuE2GxZjUIM/s1600-h/Testi+Kebab.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105096593056008914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjyTa0pCtI/AAAAAAAABtE/kuE2GxZjUIM/s400/Testi+Kebab.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The most comfortable seat we've had all day!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjyUK0pCuI/AAAAAAAABtM/FA1YJpfA4uQ/s1600-h/Testi+Kebab+(1).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105096605940910818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjyUK0pCuI/AAAAAAAABtM/FA1YJpfA4uQ/s400/Testi+Kebab+(1).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-4293136453853486065?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/4293136453853486065/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=4293136453853486065&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4293136453853486065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4293136453853486065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/goreme-restaurant.html' title='Goreme Restaurant...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjyTa0pCtI/AAAAAAAABtE/kuE2GxZjUIM/s72-c/Testi+Kebab.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-2925048553283342127</id><published>2007-06-26T15:56:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:31:46.419+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cappadocia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goreme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advertising'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Hair Dress with Shave...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjxSK0pCsI/AAAAAAAABs8/LECMujXOe6E/s1600-h/Goreme.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105095472069544642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjxSK0pCsI/AAAAAAAABs8/LECMujXOe6E/s400/Goreme.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-2925048553283342127?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/2925048553283342127/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=2925048553283342127&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/2925048553283342127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/2925048553283342127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/hair-dress-with-shave.html' title='Hair Dress with Shave...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtjxSK0pCsI/AAAAAAAABs8/LECMujXOe6E/s72-c/Goreme.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-7162802673340766381</id><published>2007-06-26T15:00:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:31:47.066+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cappadocia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goreme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='public transport'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fairy chimneys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cave houses'/><title type='text'>First Shots of Goreme...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;A long overnight train trip via Ankara - thankfully a much more comfortable experience than the &lt;em&gt;Plovdiv to Istanbul&lt;/em&gt; overnight train!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtjwqa0pCoI/AAAAAAAABsc/mdvI7bRdl9g/s1600-h/Goreme+(1).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105094789169744514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtjwqa0pCoI/AAAAAAAABsc/mdvI7bRdl9g/s400/Goreme+(1).jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A quick breakfast of &lt;em&gt;firin sutlac&lt;/em&gt; (baked rice pudding) followed by a long bus trip via Kayseri,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtjwqq0pCpI/AAAAAAAABsk/INQVHPJVjJA/s1600-h/Goreme+(2).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105094793464711826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtjwqq0pCpI/AAAAAAAABsk/INQVHPJVjJA/s400/Goreme+(2).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; a quick roadside lunch of &lt;em&gt;lahmacun&lt;/em&gt; (a thin Turkish style pizza snack), &lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtjwra0pCqI/AAAAAAAABss/W_fduceZSE0/s1600-h/Goreme+(3).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105094806349613730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtjwra0pCqI/AAAAAAAABss/W_fduceZSE0/s400/Goreme+(3).jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and we are finally in the magical landscape of Goreme, Cappadocia!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtjwrq0pCrI/AAAAAAAABs0/PN23dr8qwW0/s1600-h/Goreme+(4).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105094810644581042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtjwrq0pCrI/AAAAAAAABs0/PN23dr8qwW0/s400/Goreme+(4).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-7162802673340766381?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/7162802673340766381/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=7162802673340766381&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/7162802673340766381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/7162802673340766381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-shots-of-goreme.html' title='First Shots of Goreme...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtjwqa0pCoI/AAAAAAAABsc/mdvI7bRdl9g/s72-c/Goreme+(1).jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-632248187053663511</id><published>2007-06-25T21:45:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:31:47.494+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='public transport'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Around Haydarpasa Train Station</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtvmPq0pD5I/AAAAAAAAB2k/WANmSqNsppQ/s1600-h/Haydarpasa+Station+area.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105927759422099346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtvmPq0pD5I/AAAAAAAAB2k/WANmSqNsppQ/s400/Haydarpasa+Station+area.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtvmQK0pD6I/AAAAAAAAB2s/Ls_pO3hO2mI/s1600-h/Haydarpasa+Station+area+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105927768012033954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtvmQK0pD6I/AAAAAAAAB2s/Ls_pO3hO2mI/s400/Haydarpasa+Station+area+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-632248187053663511?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/632248187053663511/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=632248187053663511&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/632248187053663511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/632248187053663511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/around-haydarpasa-train-station.html' title='Around Haydarpasa Train Station'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtvmPq0pD5I/AAAAAAAAB2k/WANmSqNsppQ/s72-c/Haydarpasa+Station+area.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-2272088861281298419</id><published>2007-06-25T15:40:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:31:47.763+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beyoglu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Taksim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Istiklal Caddesi...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;The Taksim Square end of &lt;em&gt;Istiklal Caddesi&lt;/em&gt; - Independence Avenue:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtvk6K0pD4I/AAAAAAAAB2c/83GM92YW43Q/s1600-h/Istiklal+Caddesi+from+Taksim+Square.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105926290543284098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtvk6K0pD4I/AAAAAAAAB2c/83GM92YW43Q/s400/Istiklal+Caddesi+from+Taksim+Square.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-2272088861281298419?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/2272088861281298419/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=2272088861281298419&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/2272088861281298419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/2272088861281298419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/istiklal-caddesi.html' title='Istiklal Caddesi...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtvk6K0pD4I/AAAAAAAAB2c/83GM92YW43Q/s72-c/Istiklal+Caddesi+from+Taksim+Square.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-3137094991268675838</id><published>2007-06-25T15:30:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:31:47.961+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ataturk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beyoglu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Taksim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Cumhuriyet Aniti...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Created in 1928 the &lt;em&gt;Cumhuriyet Aniti&lt;/em&gt; - Republic Monument - features Ataturk, Inonu and other revolutionary leaders.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtvjkK0pD3I/AAAAAAAAB2U/nDmdn9D2pek/s1600-h/Republic+Monument+-+Taksim+Square.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105924813074534258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtvjkK0pD3I/AAAAAAAAB2U/nDmdn9D2pek/s400/Republic+Monument+-+Taksim+Square.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;It's situated in the centre of Taksim Square.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-3137094991268675838?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/3137094991268675838/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=3137094991268675838&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/3137094991268675838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/3137094991268675838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/cumhuriyet-aniti.html' title='Cumhuriyet Aniti...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtvjkK0pD3I/AAAAAAAAB2U/nDmdn9D2pek/s72-c/Republic+Monument+-+Taksim+Square.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-5943397277812067071</id><published>2007-06-25T11:10:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:31:48.359+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galata Bridge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beyoglu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Galata...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;Galata Bridge with Galata Tower in the background:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtvigq0pD1I/AAAAAAAAB2E/5Hc7BvMWfPw/s1600-h/Galata+Bridge+%26+Galata+Tower.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105923653433364306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtvigq0pD1I/AAAAAAAAB2E/5Hc7BvMWfPw/s400/Galata+Bridge+%26+Galata+Tower.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Closer view of Galata Tower:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtvig60pD2I/AAAAAAAAB2M/l3VlwnbVtko/s1600-h/Galata+Tower.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105923657728331618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtvig60pD2I/AAAAAAAAB2M/l3VlwnbVtko/s400/Galata+Tower.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-5943397277812067071?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/5943397277812067071/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=5943397277812067071&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/5943397277812067071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/5943397277812067071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/galata.html' title='Galata...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtvigq0pD1I/AAAAAAAAB2E/5Hc7BvMWfPw/s72-c/Galata+Bridge+%26+Galata+Tower.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-8435038535185951558</id><published>2007-06-25T08:55:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:31:48.665+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galata Bridge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Suleymaniye Camii'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Yeni Camii'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mosques'/><title type='text'>Mosques Galore...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Yeni Camii&lt;/em&gt; - the New Mosque&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtvgz60pDzI/AAAAAAAAB10/464oQOogIi4/s1600-h/Yeni+Camii.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105921785122590514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtvgz60pDzI/AAAAAAAAB10/464oQOogIi4/s400/Yeni+Camii.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;Sulemaniye Camii&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtvg0K0pD0I/AAAAAAAAB18/kwPbErvV8mY/s1600-h/Suleymaniye+Mosque.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105921789417557826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtvg0K0pD0I/AAAAAAAAB18/kwPbErvV8mY/s400/Suleymaniye+Mosque.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Photos taken on the Galata Bridge.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-8435038535185951558?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/8435038535185951558/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=8435038535185951558&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/8435038535185951558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/8435038535185951558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/mosques-galore.html' title='Mosques Galore...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtvgz60pDzI/AAAAAAAAB10/464oQOogIi4/s72-c/Yeni+Camii.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-944001777913791530</id><published>2007-06-24T20:47:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:31:48.986+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galata Bridge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sunset'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Golden Horn'/><title type='text'>Sunset from Galata Bridge...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;After a hard day's sightseeing there is no better way to end the day...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtveJ60pDxI/AAAAAAAAB1k/4GfO8jNFeOI/s1600-h/Sunset.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105918864544829202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtveJ60pDxI/AAAAAAAAB1k/4GfO8jNFeOI/s400/Sunset.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ...than by sipping cocktails...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtveKq0pDyI/AAAAAAAAB1s/cEaMp4YRWqE/s1600-h/Sunset+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105918877429731106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtveKq0pDyI/AAAAAAAAB1s/cEaMp4YRWqE/s400/Sunset+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;...while watching a magnificent sunset.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-944001777913791530?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/944001777913791530/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=944001777913791530&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/944001777913791530'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/944001777913791530'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/sunset-from-galata-bridge.html' title='Sunset from Galata Bridge...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtveJ60pDxI/AAAAAAAAB1k/4GfO8jNFeOI/s72-c/Sunset.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-6216217095280857922</id><published>2007-06-24T15:52:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:31:51.236+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sultanahmet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ancient ruins'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Medusa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Basilica Cistern'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Basilica Cistern Featuring Medusa Heads...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtvaka0pDsI/AAAAAAAAB08/0jZDkqgCuQc/s1600-h/Underground+Cistern+(1).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105914921764851394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtvaka0pDsI/AAAAAAAAB08/0jZDkqgCuQc/s400/Underground+Cistern+(1).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtvak60pDtI/AAAAAAAAB1E/RVsaImv1178/s1600-h/Underground+Cistern+(2).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105914930354786002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtvak60pDtI/AAAAAAAAB1E/RVsaImv1178/s400/Underground+Cistern+(2).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtvalq0pDuI/AAAAAAAAB1M/i78UnK8trNU/s1600-h/Underground+Cistern+(3).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105914943239687906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtvalq0pDuI/AAAAAAAAB1M/i78UnK8trNU/s400/Underground+Cistern+(3).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105914947534655218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtval60pDvI/AAAAAAAAB1U/DdpsP7Q3ReI/s400/Underground+Cistern+(4).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtvZX60pDnI/AAAAAAAAB0U/uwwL9_sFYcQ/s1600-h/Underground+Cistern+(7).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105913607504858738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtvZX60pDnI/AAAAAAAAB0U/uwwL9_sFYcQ/s400/Underground+Cistern+(7).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtvZYa0pDoI/AAAAAAAAB0c/iWsp0M6VFAc/s1600-h/Underground+Cistern+(10).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105913616094793346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtvZYa0pDoI/AAAAAAAAB0c/iWsp0M6VFAc/s400/Underground+Cistern+(10).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtvZYq0pDpI/AAAAAAAAB0k/EFncAH3-7Xg/s1600-h/Underground+Cistern+(12).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105913620389760658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtvZYq0pDpI/AAAAAAAAB0k/EFncAH3-7Xg/s400/Underground+Cistern+(12).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtvZZa0pDqI/AAAAAAAAB0s/Qwwww8WOFNk/s1600-h/Underground+Cistern+(14).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105913633274662562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtvZZa0pDqI/AAAAAAAAB0s/Qwwww8WOFNk/s400/Underground+Cistern+(14).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtvZZq0pDrI/AAAAAAAAB00/0vokcUA4j-c/s1600-h/Underground+Cistern+(15).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105913637569629874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtvZZq0pDrI/AAAAAAAAB00/0vokcUA4j-c/s400/Underground+Cistern+(15).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-6216217095280857922?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/6216217095280857922/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=6216217095280857922&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/6216217095280857922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/6216217095280857922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/basilica-cistern-featuring-medusa-heads.html' title='Basilica Cistern Featuring Medusa Heads...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtvaka0pDsI/AAAAAAAAB08/0jZDkqgCuQc/s72-c/Underground+Cistern+(1).jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-137232357061842098</id><published>2007-06-24T12:49:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:31:52.686+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iznik tiles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sultanahmet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calligraphy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blue Mosque'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mosques'/><title type='text'>Inside the Blue Mosque...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtvWTK0pDiI/AAAAAAAABzs/ZcUQJTCMn0w/s1600-h/Blue+Mosque+(4).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105910227365596706" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfpYq0pCGI/AAAAAAAABoM/d4SOgvLKCfw/s400/Sarcophagi.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfpY60pCHI/AAAAAAAABoU/pBqdaUEpTjk/s1600-h/Sarcophagi+(1).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104805316963928178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfpY60pCHI/AAAAAAAABoU/pBqdaUEpTjk/s400/Sarcophagi+(1).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfpZa0pCII/AAAAAAAABoc/v1SA8SJYtLo/s1600-h/Sarcophagi+(3).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104805325553862786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfpZa0pCII/AAAAAAAABoc/v1SA8SJYtLo/s400/Sarcophagi+(3).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-2016064291036892133?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/2016064291036892133/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=2016064291036892133&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/2016064291036892133'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/2016064291036892133'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/sarcophagi.html' title='Sarcophagi...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfpYq0pCGI/AAAAAAAABoM/d4SOgvLKCfw/s72-c/Sarcophagi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-5848407933671142942</id><published>2007-06-23T14:05:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:01.477+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Archaeological Museum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Aphrodite:</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfoQ60pCFI/AAAAAAAABoE/UM1T5aMpaxo/s1600-h/Aphrodite.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104804080013346898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfoQ60pCFI/AAAAAAAABoE/UM1T5aMpaxo/s400/Aphrodite.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-5848407933671142942?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/5848407933671142942/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=5848407933671142942&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/5848407933671142942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/5848407933671142942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/aphrodite.html' title='Aphrodite:'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfoQ60pCFI/AAAAAAAABoE/UM1T5aMpaxo/s72-c/Aphrodite.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-6866508090868537671</id><published>2007-06-23T13:49:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:02.112+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Archaeological Museum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mosaics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Mosaics...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtfk-K0pCCI/AAAAAAAABns/-HsyelwpjrU/s1600-h/Mosaics.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104800459355916322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtfk-K0pCCI/AAAAAAAABns/-HsyelwpjrU/s400/Mosaics.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtfk-a0pCDI/AAAAAAAABn0/rgbaoTNa5Ns/s1600-h/Mosaics+(2).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104800463650883634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtfk-a0pCDI/AAAAAAAABn0/rgbaoTNa5Ns/s400/Mosaics+(2).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtfk-60pCEI/AAAAAAAABn8/xHZise1sO5M/s1600-h/Mosaics+(3).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104800472240818242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtfk-60pCEI/AAAAAAAABn8/xHZise1sO5M/s400/Mosaics+(3).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-6866508090868537671?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/6866508090868537671/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=6866508090868537671&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/6866508090868537671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/6866508090868537671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/mosaics.html' title='Mosaics...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtfk-K0pCCI/AAAAAAAABns/-HsyelwpjrU/s72-c/Mosaics.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-4229400590274351581</id><published>2007-06-23T13:25:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:02.762+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Archaeological Museum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Sarcophagus of the Mourning Women...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfjZa0pB-I/AAAAAAAABnM/4a7s9m5sVj0/s1600-h/Sarcophagus+of+the+Mourning+Women.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104798728484095970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfjZa0pB-I/AAAAAAAABnM/4a7s9m5sVj0/s400/Sarcophagus+of+the+Mourning+Women.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfjZ60pB_I/AAAAAAAABnU/geTBXu_sTYE/s1600-h/Sarcophagus+of+the+Mourning+Women+(1).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104798737074030578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfjZ60pB_I/AAAAAAAABnU/geTBXu_sTYE/s400/Sarcophagus+of+the+Mourning+Women+(1).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtfjaa0pCAI/AAAAAAAABnc/Svl9jW58Bso/s1600-h/Sarcophagus+of+the+Mourning+Women+(3).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104798745663965186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtfjaa0pCAI/AAAAAAAABnc/Svl9jW58Bso/s400/Sarcophagus+of+the+Mourning+Women+(3).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtfjaq0pCBI/AAAAAAAABnk/jRs8NyJ8YYo/s1600-h/Sarcophagus+of+the+Mourning+Women+(4).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104798749958932498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtfjaq0pCBI/AAAAAAAABnk/jRs8NyJ8YYo/s400/Sarcophagus+of+the+Mourning+Women+(4).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-4229400590274351581?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/4229400590274351581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=4229400590274351581&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4229400590274351581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4229400590274351581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/sarcophagus-of-mourning-women.html' title='Sarcophagus of the Mourning Women...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfjZa0pB-I/AAAAAAAABnM/4a7s9m5sVj0/s72-c/Sarcophagus+of+the+Mourning+Women.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-8910297516063366525</id><published>2007-06-23T13:05:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:03.918+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Archaeological Museum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Alexander Sarcophagus...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Thought to have been carved for King Abdalonymos of Sidon, the &lt;em&gt;Alexander Sarcophagus&lt;/em&gt; is located in room 3 of the Archaeological Museum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfZa60pB5I/AAAAAAAABmk/5524wOOlO-g/s1600-h/Alexander+Sarcophagus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104787759137621906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfZa60pB5I/AAAAAAAABmk/5524wOOlO-g/s400/Alexander+Sarcophagus.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Alexander himself:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfZbK0pB6I/AAAAAAAABms/rQWzCSxat-E/s1600-h/Alexander+Sarcophagus+(11).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104787763432589218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfZbK0pB6I/AAAAAAAABms/rQWzCSxat-E/s400/Alexander+Sarcophagus+(11).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; There are still remnants of the original paintwork visible:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfZbq0pB7I/AAAAAAAABm0/D0nhYSJBs_M/s1600-h/Alexander+Sarcophagus+(5).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104787772022523826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfZbq0pB7I/AAAAAAAABm0/D0nhYSJBs_M/s400/Alexander+Sarcophagus+(5).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Persians battling the Greeks:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfZcK0pB8I/AAAAAAAABm8/NQsaupONpNs/s1600-h/Alexander+Sarcophagus+(6).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104787780612458434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfZcK0pB8I/AAAAAAAABm8/NQsaupONpNs/s400/Alexander+Sarcophagus+(6).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; A faithful rendering of how the sarcophagus would have looked:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfZca0pB9I/AAAAAAAABnE/iqwRSctipbo/s1600-h/Alexander+Sarcophagus+(10).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104787784907425746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfZca0pB9I/AAAAAAAABnE/iqwRSctipbo/s400/Alexander+Sarcophagus+(10).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-8910297516063366525?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/8910297516063366525/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=8910297516063366525&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/8910297516063366525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/8910297516063366525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/alexander-sarcophagus.html' title='Alexander Sarcophagus...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfZa60pB5I/AAAAAAAABmk/5524wOOlO-g/s72-c/Alexander+Sarcophagus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-82076112767465898</id><published>2007-06-23T13:00:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:04.388+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Archaeological Museum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='architecture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Porticoes...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;The design of the porticoes of the museum are based on the &lt;em&gt;Sarcophagus of the Mourning Women&lt;/em&gt; (4th century BC):&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfWeq0pB4I/AAAAAAAABmc/1QPw8c77I4w/s1600-h/Porticoes+of+the+Museum+viewed+from+Cinili+Pavilion.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104784525027248002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfWeq0pB4I/AAAAAAAABmc/1QPw8c77I4w/s400/Porticoes+of+the+Museum+viewed+from+Cinili+Pavilion.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;The museum has one of the world's richest collections of classical artifacts and with a 5 YTL entrance fee is an absolute bargain!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-82076112767465898?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/82076112767465898/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=82076112767465898&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/82076112767465898'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/82076112767465898'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/porticoes.html' title='Porticoes...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfWeq0pB4I/AAAAAAAABmc/1QPw8c77I4w/s72-c/Porticoes+of+the+Museum+viewed+from+Cinili+Pavilion.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-9220853129294910354</id><published>2007-06-23T12:55:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:05.385+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iznik tiles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Archaeological Museum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calligraphy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Cinili Pavilion:</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfUba0pBzI/AAAAAAAABl0/FpvQSBanUq0/s1600-h/Iznik+Tiles+4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104782270169417522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfUba0pBzI/AAAAAAAABl0/FpvQSBanUq0/s400/Iznik+Tiles+4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfUcK0pB0I/AAAAAAAABl8/5Q0q1P3oB3E/s1600-h/Iznik+Tiles+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104782283054319426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfUcK0pB0I/AAAAAAAABl8/5Q0q1P3oB3E/s400/Iznik+Tiles+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfUcq0pB1I/AAAAAAAABmE/6wm3NCK2MTE/s1600-h/Iznik+Tiles+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104782291644254034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfUcq0pB1I/AAAAAAAABmE/6wm3NCK2MTE/s400/Iznik+Tiles+3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfUda0pB2I/AAAAAAAABmM/op9ye5iex6I/s1600-h/Iznik+Tiles+5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104782304529155938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfUda0pB2I/AAAAAAAABmM/op9ye5iex6I/s400/Iznik+Tiles+5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfUd60pB3I/AAAAAAAABmU/_ptp5SzIiBw/s1600-h/Iznik+Tiles+6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104782313119090546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfUd60pB3I/AAAAAAAABmU/_ptp5SzIiBw/s400/Iznik+Tiles+6.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-9220853129294910354?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/9220853129294910354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=9220853129294910354&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/9220853129294910354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/9220853129294910354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/cinili-pavilion.html' title='Cinili Pavilion:'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfUba0pBzI/AAAAAAAABl0/FpvQSBanUq0/s72-c/Iznik+Tiles+4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-7537763535198457192</id><published>2007-06-23T12:50:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:05.822+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iznik tiles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Archaeological Museum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calligraphy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Karaman Mihrab...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;The richly tiled &lt;em&gt;Karaman Mihrab&lt;/em&gt; comes from the city of Karaman in southeast Turkey:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfKxK0pBwI/AAAAAAAABlc/IsQDu025koU/s1600-h/Karaman+Mihrab.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104771648715294466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfKxK0pBwI/AAAAAAAABlc/IsQDu025koU/s400/Karaman+Mihrab.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Karaman was the capital of the Karamanid state from 1256-1483. This &lt;em&gt;mihrab&lt;/em&gt; is the most important artistic relic of that period.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfKxq0pBxI/AAAAAAAABlk/KcfcvMcCExA/s1600-h/Karaman+Mihrab+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104771657305229074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfKxq0pBxI/AAAAAAAABlk/KcfcvMcCExA/s400/Karaman+Mihrab+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; A &lt;em&gt;mihrab&lt;/em&gt; is a niche in the wall that marks the direction of Mecca. Prayer halls are laid out so that most people can see the &lt;em&gt;mihrab&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfKyK0pByI/AAAAAAAABls/53b2d9TSbVk/s1600-h/Karaman+Mihrab+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104771665895163682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfKyK0pByI/AAAAAAAABls/53b2d9TSbVk/s400/Karaman+Mihrab+3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The &lt;em&gt;Karaman Mihrab&lt;/em&gt; is a must see in the &lt;em&gt;Cinili Pavilion&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-7537763535198457192?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/7537763535198457192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=7537763535198457192&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/7537763535198457192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/7537763535198457192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/karaman-mihrab.html' title='Karaman Mihrab...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfKxK0pBwI/AAAAAAAABlc/IsQDu025koU/s72-c/Karaman+Mihrab.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-8297435188401388581</id><published>2007-06-23T12:45:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:06.703+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Archaeological Museum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calligraphy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Cinili Pavilion's Blue Room...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfJjK0pBrI/AAAAAAAABk0/0qpOJGBwd0Y/s1600-h/Blue+Room.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104770308685498034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfJjK0pBrI/AAAAAAAABk0/0qpOJGBwd0Y/s400/Blue+Room.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfJj60pBsI/AAAAAAAABk8/XIyZoC_Fo2w/s1600-h/Blue+Room+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104770321570399938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfJj60pBsI/AAAAAAAABk8/XIyZoC_Fo2w/s400/Blue+Room+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfJka0pBtI/AAAAAAAABlE/NFAPC9oozTo/s1600-h/Blue+Room+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104770330160334546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfJka0pBtI/AAAAAAAABlE/NFAPC9oozTo/s400/Blue+Room+3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfJk60pBuI/AAAAAAAABlM/BKxEB5XK1EU/s1600-h/Blue+Room+5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104770338750269154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfJk60pBuI/AAAAAAAABlM/BKxEB5XK1EU/s400/Blue+Room+5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfJlq0pBvI/AAAAAAAABlU/9orOqvAay-A/s1600-h/Blue+Room+6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104770351635171058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfJlq0pBvI/AAAAAAAABlU/9orOqvAay-A/s400/Blue+Room+6.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-8297435188401388581?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/8297435188401388581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=8297435188401388581&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/8297435188401388581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/8297435188401388581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/cinili-pavilions-blue-room.html' title='Cinili Pavilion&apos;s Blue Room...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfJjK0pBrI/AAAAAAAABk0/0qpOJGBwd0Y/s72-c/Blue+Room.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-4833625789094420251</id><published>2007-06-23T12:40:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:07.135+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Archaeological Museum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calligraphy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Calligraphic Stylings in the Cinili Pavilion...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfDIq0pBpI/AAAAAAAABkk/fE3ZJaHlq4w/s1600-h/Calligraphy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104763256349197970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfDIq0pBpI/AAAAAAAABkk/fE3ZJaHlq4w/s400/Calligraphy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfDI60pBqI/AAAAAAAABks/exIh-q8gYnc/s1600-h/Calligraphy+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104763260644165282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfDI60pBqI/AAAAAAAABks/exIh-q8gYnc/s400/Calligraphy+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-4833625789094420251?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/4833625789094420251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=4833625789094420251&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4833625789094420251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4833625789094420251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/calligraphic-stylings-in-cinili.html' title='Calligraphic Stylings in the Cinili Pavilion...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfDIq0pBpI/AAAAAAAABkk/fE3ZJaHlq4w/s72-c/Calligraphy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-5474080580668440175</id><published>2007-06-23T12:35:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:07.663+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Archaeological Museum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Treaty of Kadesh...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;The Museum of the Ancient Orient within the Istanbul Archaeological Museum contains a remarkable piece of history - the &lt;em&gt;Treaty of Kadesh&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfBS60pBnI/AAAAAAAABkU/5gz_S-vSF_w/s1600-h/Treaty+of+Kadesh.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104761233419601522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfBS60pBnI/AAAAAAAABkU/5gz_S-vSF_w/s400/Treaty+of+Kadesh.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The &lt;em&gt;Treaty of Kadesh&lt;/em&gt; is the world's earliest surviving peace treaty, agreed between the Egyptians and the Hittites in 1269 BC:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfBTa0pBoI/AAAAAAAABkc/Pp7Saj01Fjk/s1600-h/Treaty+of+Kadesh+close+up.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104761242009536130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfBTa0pBoI/AAAAAAAABkc/Pp7Saj01Fjk/s400/Treaty+of+Kadesh+close+up.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Among its clauses are provisions for the return of political refugees!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-5474080580668440175?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/5474080580668440175/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=5474080580668440175&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/5474080580668440175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/5474080580668440175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/treaty-of-kadesh.html' title='Treaty of Kadesh...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtfBS60pBnI/AAAAAAAABkU/5gz_S-vSF_w/s72-c/Treaty+of+Kadesh.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-9091809184336200398</id><published>2007-06-23T12:30:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:08.544+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Archaeological Museum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Museum of the Ancient Orient...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rte_zq0pBiI/AAAAAAAABjs/Wz-CLvpmdOo/s1600-h/Hieroglyphics+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104759597037061666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rte_zq0pBiI/AAAAAAAABjs/Wz-CLvpmdOo/s400/Hieroglyphics+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rte_0K0pBjI/AAAAAAAABj0/DnSZ0vO2K9o/s1600-h/Hittite+Slab.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104759605626996274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rte_0K0pBjI/AAAAAAAABj0/DnSZ0vO2K9o/s400/Hittite+Slab.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rte_0a0pBkI/AAAAAAAABj8/NHA1zJlg9Ak/s1600-h/Hittite+Slab+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104759609921963586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rte_0a0pBkI/AAAAAAAABj8/NHA1zJlg9Ak/s400/Hittite+Slab+3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rte_060pBlI/AAAAAAAABkE/cAvvZpprKbs/s1600-h/Sphinx.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104759618511898194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rte_060pBlI/AAAAAAAABkE/cAvvZpprKbs/s400/Sphinx.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rte_1K0pBmI/AAAAAAAABkM/8_fzHWA35-k/s1600-h/Lion+Mosaic+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104759622806865506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rte_1K0pBmI/AAAAAAAABkM/8_fzHWA35-k/s400/Lion+Mosaic+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-9091809184336200398?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/9091809184336200398/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=9091809184336200398&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/9091809184336200398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/9091809184336200398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/museum-of-ancient-orient.html' title='Museum of the Ancient Orient...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rte_zq0pBiI/AAAAAAAABjs/Wz-CLvpmdOo/s72-c/Hieroglyphics+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-7905834509769146830</id><published>2007-06-23T11:50:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:08.650+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aya Sofya'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='architecture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blue Mosque'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mosques'/><title type='text'>Aya Sofya and the Blue Mosque...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtegfK0pBhI/AAAAAAAABjk/CzpxrJreJKA/s1600-h/Aya+Sofia+%26+the+Blue+Mosque.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104725159989282322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtegfK0pBhI/AAAAAAAABjk/CzpxrJreJKA/s400/Aya+Sofia+%26+the+Blue+Mosque.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-7905834509769146830?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/7905834509769146830/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=7905834509769146830&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/7905834509769146830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/7905834509769146830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/aya-sofya-and-blue-mosque.html' title='Aya Sofya and the Blue Mosque...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtegfK0pBhI/AAAAAAAABjk/CzpxrJreJKA/s72-c/Aya+Sofia+%26+the+Blue+Mosque.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-4720047560748673414</id><published>2007-06-23T11:45:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:08.824+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Topkapi Palace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>View of the Bosphorus from the Tulip Garden...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtefE60pBgI/AAAAAAAABjc/fWcbN9A5xkQ/s1600-h/View+of+the+Bosphorus+from+the+Tulip+Garden.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104723609506088450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtefE60pBgI/AAAAAAAABjc/fWcbN9A5xkQ/s400/View+of+the+Bosphorus+from+the+Tulip+Garden.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-4720047560748673414?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/4720047560748673414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=4720047560748673414&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4720047560748673414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4720047560748673414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/view-of-bosphorus-from-tulip-garden.html' title='View of the Bosphorus from the Tulip Garden...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtefE60pBgI/AAAAAAAABjc/fWcbN9A5xkQ/s72-c/View+of+the+Bosphorus+from+the+Tulip+Garden.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-5627303980560525941</id><published>2007-06-23T11:40:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:09.838+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Topkapi Palace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calligraphy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='architecture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Random Shots of Topkapi Palace...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtedr60pBbI/AAAAAAAABi0/iO3Sg0kSZ-Y/s1600-h/Random.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104722080497730994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtedr60pBbI/AAAAAAAABi0/iO3Sg0kSZ-Y/s400/Random.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtedsq0pBcI/AAAAAAAABi8/zv89NDTs7F0/s1600-h/Random+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104722093382632898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtedsq0pBcI/AAAAAAAABi8/zv89NDTs7F0/s400/Random+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtedtK0pBdI/AAAAAAAABjE/_NxXRems9Rc/s1600-h/Random+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104722101972567506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtedtK0pBdI/AAAAAAAABjE/_NxXRems9Rc/s400/Random+3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtedta0pBeI/AAAAAAAABjM/dprb2ew3KH8/s1600-h/Random+4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104722106267534818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtedta0pBeI/AAAAAAAABjM/dprb2ew3KH8/s400/Random+4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtedt60pBfI/AAAAAAAABjU/5TnUykcvHB8/s1600-h/Random+5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104722114857469426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtedt60pBfI/AAAAAAAABjU/5TnUykcvHB8/s400/Random+5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-5627303980560525941?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/5627303980560525941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=5627303980560525941&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/5627303980560525941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/5627303980560525941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/random-shots-of-topkapi-palace.html' title='Random Shots of Topkapi Palace...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtedr60pBbI/AAAAAAAABi0/iO3Sg0kSZ-Y/s72-c/Random.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-3978601067174427171</id><published>2007-06-23T11:35:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:10.062+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Topkapi Palace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calligraphy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eunuchs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Gate of Felicity...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtecI60pBZI/AAAAAAAABik/RSKXA9m7Wu0/s1600-h/Gate+of+Felicity.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104720379690681746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtecI60pBZI/AAAAAAAABik/RSKXA9m7Wu0/s400/Gate+of+Felicity.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The &lt;em&gt;Gate of Felicity&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Gate of the White Eunuchs&lt;/em&gt; was the entrance into the Sultan's private domain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtecJK0pBaI/AAAAAAAABis/Aq7COmt7KOc/s1600-h/Gate+of+Felicity+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104720383985649058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtecJK0pBaI/AAAAAAAABis/Aq7COmt7KOc/s400/Gate+of+Felicity+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-3978601067174427171?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/3978601067174427171/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=3978601067174427171&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/3978601067174427171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/3978601067174427171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/gate-of-felicity.html' title='Gate of Felicity...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtecI60pBZI/AAAAAAAABik/RSKXA9m7Wu0/s72-c/Gate+of+Felicity.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-1290771391775624828</id><published>2007-06-23T11:30:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:11.082+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iznik tiles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Topkapi Palace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Library of Ahmet III...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteY2K0pBUI/AAAAAAAABh8/4vSJLj9APsg/s1600-h/Library+of+Ahmet+III+5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104716759033251138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteY2K0pBUI/AAAAAAAABh8/4vSJLj9APsg/s400/Library+of+Ahmet+III+5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteY2q0pBVI/AAAAAAAABiE/kfrJTS9-ANQ/s1600-h/Fountain+outside+Ahmet+III+Library.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104716767623185746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteY2q0pBVI/AAAAAAAABiE/kfrJTS9-ANQ/s400/Fountain+outside+Ahmet+III+Library.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteY260pBWI/AAAAAAAABiM/-QSoG2k9jE0/s1600-h/Library+of+Ahmet+III+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104716771918153058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteY260pBWI/AAAAAAAABiM/-QSoG2k9jE0/s400/Library+of+Ahmet+III+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteY3q0pBXI/AAAAAAAABiU/zN1SwPu_Ip0/s1600-h/Library+of+Ahmet+III+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104716784803054962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteY3q0pBXI/AAAAAAAABiU/zN1SwPu_Ip0/s400/Library+of+Ahmet+III+3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteY4K0pBYI/AAAAAAAABic/XUSroiAxsQA/s1600-h/Library+of+Ahmet+III+4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104716793392989570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteY4K0pBYI/AAAAAAAABic/XUSroiAxsQA/s400/Library+of+Ahmet+III+4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-1290771391775624828?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/1290771391775624828/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=1290771391775624828&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/1290771391775624828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/1290771391775624828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/library-of-ahmet-iii.html' title='Library of Ahmet III...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteY2K0pBUI/AAAAAAAABh8/4vSJLj9APsg/s72-c/Library+of+Ahmet+III+5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-3329721656785655257</id><published>2007-06-23T11:25:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:11.373+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Topkapi Palace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Iftariye Pavilion...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteU560pBTI/AAAAAAAABh0/M6FjAXHZ2gg/s1600-h/Iftariye+Pavilion.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104712425411249458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteU560pBTI/AAAAAAAABh0/M6FjAXHZ2gg/s400/Iftariye+Pavilion.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-3329721656785655257?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/3329721656785655257/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=3329721656785655257&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/3329721656785655257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/3329721656785655257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/iftariye-pavilion.html' title='Iftariye Pavilion...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteU560pBTI/AAAAAAAABh0/M6FjAXHZ2gg/s72-c/Iftariye+Pavilion.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-4183156148563070926</id><published>2007-06-23T11:20:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:12.035+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iznik tiles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Topkapi Palace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calligraphy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Circumcision Pavilion...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteTba0pBPI/AAAAAAAABhU/qmsEoVQ-hgI/s1600-h/Circumcision+Pavilion.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104710801913611506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteTba0pBPI/AAAAAAAABhU/qmsEoVQ-hgI/s400/Circumcision+Pavilion.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteTcK0pBQI/AAAAAAAABhc/cfOdNGO5GbU/s1600-h/Circumcision+Pavilion+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104710814798513410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteTcK0pBQI/AAAAAAAABhc/cfOdNGO5GbU/s400/Circumcision+Pavilion+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteTcq0pBRI/AAAAAAAABhk/yxcYB_WOGV8/s1600-h/Circumcision+Pavilion+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104710823388448018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteTcq0pBRI/AAAAAAAABhk/yxcYB_WOGV8/s400/Circumcision+Pavilion+3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteTda0pBSI/AAAAAAAABhs/aMMV_bS8TH0/s1600-h/Circumcision+Pavilion+4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104710836273349922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteTda0pBSI/AAAAAAAABhs/aMMV_bS8TH0/s400/Circumcision+Pavilion+4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-4183156148563070926?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/4183156148563070926/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=4183156148563070926&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4183156148563070926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4183156148563070926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/circumcision-pavilion.html' title='Circumcision Pavilion...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RteTba0pBPI/AAAAAAAABhU/qmsEoVQ-hgI/s72-c/Circumcision+Pavilion.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-1926848999930350160</id><published>2007-06-23T11:05:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:12.779+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Topkapi Palace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eunuchs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Main Door Mirrors...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rta49q0pBNI/AAAAAAAABhE/GnFopEJX9eY/s1600-h/Main+Door+Mirrors.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104470597277648082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rta49q0pBNI/AAAAAAAABhE/GnFopEJX9eY/s400/Main+Door+Mirrors.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; These 2 mirrors are on opposite walls of the main door of the &lt;em&gt;Harem&lt;/em&gt;. The eunuchs kept a continuous watch here:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rta4960pBOI/AAAAAAAABhM/mHJhtidoFbw/s1600-h/Main+Door+Mirrors+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104470601572615394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rta4960pBOI/AAAAAAAABhM/mHJhtidoFbw/s400/Main+Door+Mirrors+3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-1926848999930350160?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/1926848999930350160/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=1926848999930350160&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/1926848999930350160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/1926848999930350160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/main-door-mirrors.html' title='Main Door Mirrors...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rta49q0pBNI/AAAAAAAABhE/GnFopEJX9eY/s72-c/Main+Door+Mirrors.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-2714125924782262660</id><published>2007-06-23T11:00:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:14.637+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iznik tiles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Topkapi Palace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Favourites' Courtyard and Apartments...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rta3_a0pBJI/AAAAAAAABgk/UHDJabx2en8/s1600-h/Favourites%27+Courtyard+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104469527830791314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rta3_a0pBJI/AAAAAAAABgk/UHDJabx2en8/s400/Favourites%27+Courtyard+3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rta4Aa0pBKI/AAAAAAAABgs/kTej-wZ0c2E/s1600-h/Iznik+tiles+%26+calligraphy+5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104469545010660514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rta4Aa0pBKI/AAAAAAAABgs/kTej-wZ0c2E/s400/Iznik+tiles+%26+calligraphy+5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rta4A60pBLI/AAAAAAAABg0/BePTQCIojBs/s1600-h/Favourites%27+Courtyard+4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104469553600595122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rta4A60pBLI/AAAAAAAABg0/BePTQCIojBs/s400/Favourites%27+Courtyard+4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rta4Bq0pBMI/AAAAAAAABg8/TX3AvzYtsEQ/s1600-h/Favourites%27+Courtyard+5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104469566485497026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rta4Bq0pBMI/AAAAAAAABg8/TX3AvzYtsEQ/s400/Favourites%27+Courtyard+5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-2714125924782262660?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/2714125924782262660/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=2714125924782262660&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/2714125924782262660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/2714125924782262660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/favourites-courtyard-and-apartments.html' title='Favourites&apos; Courtyard and Apartments...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rta3_a0pBJI/AAAAAAAABgk/UHDJabx2en8/s72-c/Favourites%27+Courtyard+3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-6047552580742398235</id><published>2007-06-23T10:55:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:15.874+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iznik tiles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Topkapi Palace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Twin Pavilions...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rta0-q0pBFI/AAAAAAAABgE/hVJ2eihtWqU/s1600-h/Twin+Pavilions+4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104466216411006034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rta0-q0pBFI/AAAAAAAABgE/hVJ2eihtWqU/s400/Twin+Pavilions+4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rta0_a0pBGI/AAAAAAAABgM/VDh_JeAoKeU/s1600-h/Twin+Pavilions+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104466229295907938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rta0_a0pBGI/AAAAAAAABgM/VDh_JeAoKeU/s400/Twin+Pavilions+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rta0_60pBHI/AAAAAAAABgU/ZW9G97EWwhA/s1600-h/Favourites%27+Courtyard+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104466237885842546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rta0_60pBHI/AAAAAAAABgU/ZW9G97EWwhA/s400/Favourites%27+Courtyard+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rta1Aa0pBII/AAAAAAAABgc/Olk-jZMWoLQ/s1600-h/Favourites%27+Courtyard+6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104466246475777154" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtayvK0pBCI/AAAAAAAABfs/XWHnnb1MzFE/s400/Ahmed+III+Chamber.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtayv60pBDI/AAAAAAAABf0/2zQ_vkq_RFA/s1600-h/Ahmed+III+Chamber+8.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104463763984679986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtayv60pBDI/AAAAAAAABf0/2zQ_vkq_RFA/s400/Ahmed+III+Chamber+8.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtaywa0pBEI/AAAAAAAABf8/jNLEmcPnVA4/s1600-h/Ahmed+III+Chamber+6.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104463772574614594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtaywa0pBEI/AAAAAAAABf8/jNLEmcPnVA4/s400/Ahmed+III+Chamber+6.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-6049641891576181359?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/6049641891576181359/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=6049641891576181359&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/6049641891576181359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/6049641891576181359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/ahmet-iii-chamber.html' title='Ahmet III Chamber...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtayvK0pBCI/AAAAAAAABfs/XWHnnb1MzFE/s72-c/Ahmed+III+Chamber.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-3828124772717820825</id><published>2007-06-23T10:45:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:18.689+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iznik tiles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Topkapi Palace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calligraphy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Murat III Chamber...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtawca0pA9I/AAAAAAAABfE/yPBArdRFvMY/s1600-h/Murad+III+Chamber.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104461229953975250" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtaa_a0pA2I/AAAAAAAABeM/9r_vJyCHNag/s400/Imperial+Hall+8.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtaa_q0pA3I/AAAAAAAABeU/ZDOyoTC-VHk/s1600-h/Imperial+Hall+11.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104437646288552818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtaa_q0pA3I/AAAAAAAABeU/ZDOyoTC-VHk/s400/Imperial+Hall+11.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-4716754866865684632?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/4716754866865684632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=4716754866865684632&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4716754866865684632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4716754866865684632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/imperial-hall.html' title='Imperial Hall...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rtaa-K0pAzI/AAAAAAAABd0/Ciwr72DGotg/s72-c/Imperial+Hall+2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-3731469721998719554</id><published>2007-06-23T10:30:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:22.638+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hamam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Topkapi Palace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='toilets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Sultan's Hamam &amp; Valide Sultan's Hamam...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaVma0pAuI/AAAAAAAABdM/2QDEciVWKRk/s1600-h/Hamam.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104431714938716898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaVma0pAuI/AAAAAAAABdM/2QDEciVWKRk/s400/Hamam.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaVm60pAvI/AAAAAAAABdU/wY-ijgAMaII/s1600-h/Toilet.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104431723528651506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaVm60pAvI/AAAAAAAABdU/wY-ijgAMaII/s400/Toilet.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaVnK0pAwI/AAAAAAAABdc/QFWMYTrBzHw/s1600-h/Hamam+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104431727823618818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; 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Valide Sultan&apos;s Hamam...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaVma0pAuI/AAAAAAAABdM/2QDEciVWKRk/s72-c/Hamam.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-3624480822190770547</id><published>2007-06-23T10:20:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:23.662+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Topkapi Palace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Concubines' &amp; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaRu60pArI/AAAAAAAABc0/8SZv_ORuEyo/s400/Concubines%27+%26+Consorts%27+Courtyard+3.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaRvK0pAsI/AAAAAAAABc8/wtlABy-S0Lg/s1600-h/Concubines%27+%26+Consorts%27+Courtyard+4.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104427467216061122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaRvK0pAsI/AAAAAAAABc8/wtlABy-S0Lg/s400/Concubines%27+%26+Consorts%27+Courtyard+4.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaRvq0pAtI/AAAAAAAABdE/ofjF9s3AcDI/s1600-h/Concubines%27+%26+Consorts%27+Courtyard+5.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104427475805995730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaRvq0pAtI/AAAAAAAABdE/ofjF9s3AcDI/s400/Concubines%27+%26+Consorts%27+Courtyard+5.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-3624480822190770547?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/3624480822190770547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=3624480822190770547&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/3624480822190770547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/3624480822190770547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/concubines-consorts-courtyard.html' title='Concubines&apos; &amp; Consorts&apos; Courtyard...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaRuK0pApI/AAAAAAAABck/6cc0kFCrJ-s/s72-c/Concubines%27+%26+Consorts%27+Courtyard.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-3752057060806777893</id><published>2007-06-23T10:15:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:24.480+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iznik tiles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Topkapi Palace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='feminism'/><title type='text'>Courtyard of the Valide Sultan...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;The &lt;em&gt;Valide Sultan&lt;/em&gt; - Mother of the Sultan - ruled the Harem:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaGJa0pAmI/AAAAAAAABcM/yJ3aoQH0dqw/s1600-h/Courtyard+of+the+Valide+Sultan.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104414724048093794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaGJa0pAmI/AAAAAAAABcM/yJ3aoQH0dqw/s400/Courtyard+of+the+Valide+Sultan.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; She could own property in her own name and controlled it through the Eunuchs:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaGJ60pAnI/AAAAAAAABcU/Orkw6wYfNDM/s1600-h/Courtyard+of+the+Valide+Sultan+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104414732638028402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaGJ60pAnI/AAAAAAAABcU/Orkw6wYfNDM/s400/Courtyard+of+the+Valide+Sultan+2.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; She was able to give orders directly to the Grand Vizier and influenced the Sultan on wife and concubine selection, as well as matters of state:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaGKa0pAoI/AAAAAAAABcc/uAUDpvRVrng/s1600-h/Courtyard+of+the+Valide+Sultan+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104414741227963010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaGKa0pAoI/AAAAAAAABcc/uAUDpvRVrng/s400/Courtyard+of+the+Valide+Sultan+3.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-3752057060806777893?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/3752057060806777893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=3752057060806777893&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/3752057060806777893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/3752057060806777893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/courtyard-of-valide-sultan.html' title='Courtyard of the Valide Sultan...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaGJa0pAmI/AAAAAAAABcM/yJ3aoQH0dqw/s72-c/Courtyard+of+the+Valide+Sultan.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-7885654939680915569</id><published>2007-06-23T10:12:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:25.215+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iznik tiles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Topkapi Palace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calligraphy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eunuchs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Eunuchs' Courtyard...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;Hundreds of eunuchs lived in the &lt;em&gt;Harem&lt;/em&gt; and were responsible for its security:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaCY60pAjI/AAAAAAAABb0/LfnuXT6tTsI/s1600-h/Eunuchs%27+Courtyard.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104410592289554994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaCY60pAjI/AAAAAAAABb0/LfnuXT6tTsI/s400/Eunuchs%27+Courtyard.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The sultan would enter the private gardens or go to the city through this area:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaCZa0pAkI/AAAAAAAABb8/YhEH8D0hR0A/s1600-h/Eunuchs%27+Courtyard+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104410600879489602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaCZa0pAkI/AAAAAAAABb8/YhEH8D0hR0A/s400/Eunuchs%27+Courtyard+2.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This pebble path prevented the Sultan's horse from skidding:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaCZ60pAlI/AAAAAAAABcE/nvFEe7auE5E/s1600-h/Eunuchs%27+Courtyard+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104410609469424210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaCZ60pAlI/AAAAAAAABcE/nvFEe7auE5E/s400/Eunuchs%27+Courtyard+3.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-7885654939680915569?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/7885654939680915569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=7885654939680915569&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/7885654939680915569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/7885654939680915569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/eunuchs-courtyard.html' title='Eunuchs&apos; Courtyard...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtaCY60pAjI/AAAAAAAABb0/LfnuXT6tTsI/s72-c/Eunuchs%27+Courtyard.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-4742605104814809290</id><published>2007-06-23T10:09:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:26.469+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Topkapi Palace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calligraphy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='architecture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Harem...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;Entrance to Topkapi Palace's &lt;em&gt;Harem&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtZ7nK0pAeI/AAAAAAAABbM/q6nRbfIgJUY/s1600-h/Entrance.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104403140521296354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtZ7nK0pAeI/AAAAAAAABbM/q6nRbfIgJUY/s400/Entrance.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Elaborate calligraphy and &lt;em&gt;Iznik&lt;/em&gt; tiles combined to great effect:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104403149111230962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtZ7nq0pAfI/AAAAAAAABbU/ngxAe4acTTA/s400/Iznik+tiles+%26+calligraphy.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Iznik&lt;/em&gt; tile:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtZ7oK0pAgI/AAAAAAAABbc/nMiybZonKWQ/s1600-h/Iznik+tile+closeup.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104403157701165570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtZ7oK0pAgI/AAAAAAAABbc/nMiybZonKWQ/s400/Iznik+tile+closeup.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;Harem&lt;/em&gt; means private, not open to all - the &lt;em&gt;harem&lt;/em&gt; is the private living quarters of a family:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtZ7oq0pAhI/AAAAAAAABbk/Mdqh6x9M7ck/s1600-h/Iznik+tiles+%26+calligraphy+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104403166291100178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtZ7oq0pAhI/AAAAAAAABbk/Mdqh6x9M7ck/s400/Iznik+tiles+%26+calligraphy+2.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The Harem has 6 levels, but we only get to visit a few of the rooms on one level:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtZ7o60pAiI/AAAAAAAABbs/aCsCBYfe_-o/s1600-h/Iznik+tiles+%26+calligraphy+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104403170586067490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtZ7o60pAiI/AAAAAAAABbs/aCsCBYfe_-o/s400/Iznik+tiles+%26+calligraphy+3.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-4742605104814809290?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/4742605104814809290/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=4742605104814809290&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4742605104814809290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4742605104814809290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/harem.html' title='Harem...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtZ7nK0pAeI/AAAAAAAABbM/q6nRbfIgJUY/s72-c/Entrance.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-8469570769410681497</id><published>2007-06-23T09:47:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:27.575+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Topkapi Palace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calligraphy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulhane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='architecture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Topkapi Palace...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFqPa0pAaI/AAAAAAAABas/v8s3Jo1tOIw/s1600-h/1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102976665918177698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFqPa0pAaI/AAAAAAAABas/v8s3Jo1tOIw/s400/1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFqP60pAbI/AAAAAAAABa0/TTMpY86tJ4k/s1600-h/2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102976674508112306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFqP60pAbI/AAAAAAAABa0/TTMpY86tJ4k/s400/2.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFqQq0pAcI/AAAAAAAABa8/ZgT642qgZrY/s1600-h/3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102976687393014210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFqQq0pAcI/AAAAAAAABa8/ZgT642qgZrY/s400/3.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFqQ60pAdI/AAAAAAAABbE/d5gNr0eSlX0/s1600-h/4.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102976691687981522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFqQ60pAdI/AAAAAAAABbE/d5gNr0eSlX0/s400/4.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-8469570769410681497?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/8469570769410681497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=8469570769410681497&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/8469570769410681497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/8469570769410681497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/topkapi-palace.html' title='Topkapi Palace...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFqPa0pAaI/AAAAAAAABas/v8s3Jo1tOIw/s72-c/1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-2561082375163040485</id><published>2007-06-22T20:46:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:29.025+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Whirling Dervishes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sirkeci'/><title type='text'>Whirling Dervishes - Part Sekiz...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFm660pAVI/AAAAAAAABaE/N5S5HcXguvs/s1600-h/39.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102973015195976018" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFN9K0o_6I/AAAAAAAABWs/Uo3iU0NvtzA/s400/9.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFN-K0o_7I/AAAAAAAABW0/MQAJ14d2kfw/s1600-h/10.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102945583239856050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFN-K0o_7I/AAAAAAAABW0/MQAJ14d2kfw/s400/10.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-3383090663714925533?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/3383090663714925533/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=3383090663714925533&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/3383090663714925533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/3383090663714925533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/whirling-dervish-part-iki.html' title='Whirling Dervishes - Part Iki...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFN6K0o_3I/AAAAAAAABWU/b71hs2_auHY/s72-c/6.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-6910433078648107553</id><published>2007-06-22T19:40:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:37.850+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Whirling Dervishes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sirkeci'/><title type='text'>Whirling Dervishes - Part Bir...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFG060o_wI/AAAAAAAABVc/aJBzCCmNMmU/s1600-h/1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102937727744671490" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFG360o_zI/AAAAAAAABV0/wwDF_zLgc0A/s400/4.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFG4q0o_0I/AAAAAAAABV8/UgYN-QwhImI/s1600-h/5.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102937792169180994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFG4q0o_0I/AAAAAAAABV8/UgYN-QwhImI/s400/5.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-6910433078648107553?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/6910433078648107553/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=6910433078648107553&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/6910433078648107553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/6910433078648107553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/whirling-dervishes-part-bir.html' title='Whirling Dervishes - Part Bir...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFG060o_wI/AAAAAAAABVc/aJBzCCmNMmU/s72-c/1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-8685197554074131229</id><published>2007-06-22T14:27:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:38.177+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beyoglu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Suleymaniye Camii'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Golden Horn'/><title type='text'>The Golden Horn...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;View of the Golden Horn from the grounds of &lt;em&gt;Suleymaniye Camii&lt;/em&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Beyoglu&lt;/em&gt; is on the other side:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFH7q0o_1I/AAAAAAAABWE/1GYr-xOYBG4/s1600-h/View+of+the+Golden+Horn.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102938943220416338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFH7q0o_1I/AAAAAAAABWE/1GYr-xOYBG4/s400/View+of+the+Golden+Horn.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Golden Horn with &lt;em&gt;Ataturk Bridge&lt;/em&gt; in the background:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFH8K0o_2I/AAAAAAAABWM/2pGdQMtaSFc/s1600-h/View+of+the+Golden+Horn+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102938951810350946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFH8K0o_2I/AAAAAAAABWM/2pGdQMtaSFc/s400/View+of+the+Golden+Horn+2.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-8685197554074131229?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/8685197554074131229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=8685197554074131229&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/8685197554074131229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/8685197554074131229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/golden-horn.html' title='The Golden Horn...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFH7q0o_1I/AAAAAAAABWE/1GYr-xOYBG4/s72-c/View+of+the+Golden+Horn.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-4882996148207172868</id><published>2007-06-22T14:10:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:39.654+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Suleymaniye Camii'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mosques'/><title type='text'>Suleymaniye Camii...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFFOq0o_rI/AAAAAAAABU0/HnNv_ucjF5E/s1600-h/Suleymaniye.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102935971103047346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFFOq0o_rI/AAAAAAAABU0/HnNv_ucjF5E/s400/Suleymaniye.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFFP60o_sI/AAAAAAAABU8/0W02B-xHxrk/s1600-h/Suleymaniye+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102935992577883842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFFP60o_sI/AAAAAAAABU8/0W02B-xHxrk/s400/Suleymaniye+3.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFFRa0o_tI/AAAAAAAABVE/REoN2Uoovy4/s1600-h/Suleymaniye+4.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102936018347687634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFFRa0o_tI/AAAAAAAABVE/REoN2Uoovy4/s400/Suleymaniye+4.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFFSa0o_uI/AAAAAAAABVM/_XmrkYyYc3I/s1600-h/Suleymaniye+5.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102936035527556834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFFSa0o_uI/AAAAAAAABVM/_XmrkYyYc3I/s400/Suleymaniye+5.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFFTq0o_vI/AAAAAAAABVU/761bFwg_vIA/s1600-h/Suleymaniye+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102936057002393330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFFTq0o_vI/AAAAAAAABVU/761bFwg_vIA/s400/Suleymaniye+2.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-4882996148207172868?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/4882996148207172868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=4882996148207172868&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4882996148207172868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4882996148207172868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/suleymaniye-camii.html' title='Suleymaniye Camii...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFFOq0o_rI/AAAAAAAABU0/HnNv_ucjF5E/s72-c/Suleymaniye.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-4181606255851173648</id><published>2007-06-22T13:49:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:40.369+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cemeteries'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Istanbul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Suleymaniye Camii'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mosques'/><title type='text'>First Shots of Istanbul...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFCJK0o_oI/AAAAAAAABUc/6BhuX3DoATI/s1600-h/Pink+Rose.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102932578078883458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFCJK0o_oI/AAAAAAAABUc/6BhuX3DoATI/s400/Pink+Rose.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFCKK0o_pI/AAAAAAAABUk/OC1-4a80-R0/s1600-h/Red+Rose.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102932595258752658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFCKK0o_pI/AAAAAAAABUk/OC1-4a80-R0/s400/Red+Rose.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFCLq0o_qI/AAAAAAAABUs/l9FMIEdz8jM/s1600-h/Yellow+Rose.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102932621028556450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFCLq0o_qI/AAAAAAAABUs/l9FMIEdz8jM/s400/Yellow+Rose.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-4181606255851173648?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/4181606255851173648/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=4181606255851173648&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4181606255851173648'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/4181606255851173648'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-shots-of-istanbul.html' title='First Shots of Istanbul...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/RtFCJK0o_oI/AAAAAAAABUc/6BhuX3DoATI/s72-c/Pink+Rose.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-8778692346583596673</id><published>2007-06-21T17:45:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:41.272+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bulgaria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='architecture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Plovdiv'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eastern Europe'/><title type='text'>More Random Shots of Plovdiv's Old Town...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5nyq0o_kI/AAAAAAAABT8/wR-YT8nCyJo/s1600-h/Revival+era+building.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102129548043550274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5nyq0o_kI/AAAAAAAABT8/wR-YT8nCyJo/s400/Revival+era+building.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5nza0o_lI/AAAAAAAABUE/V1VQ-MMM5T8/s1600-h/Rear+of+Ethnographical+Museum.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102129560928452178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5nza0o_lI/AAAAAAAABUE/V1VQ-MMM5T8/s400/Rear+of+Ethnographical+Museum.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5nz60o_mI/AAAAAAAABUM/cnmYrVuK_Zo/s1600-h/Revival+era+building+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102129569518386786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5nz60o_mI/AAAAAAAABUM/cnmYrVuK_Zo/s400/Revival+era+building+2.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5n0a0o_nI/AAAAAAAABUU/19U_BnMaIlc/s1600-h/Destruction.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102129578108321394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5n0a0o_nI/AAAAAAAABUU/19U_BnMaIlc/s400/Destruction.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-8778692346583596673?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/8778692346583596673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=8778692346583596673&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/8778692346583596673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/8778692346583596673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/more-random-shots-of-plovdivs-old-town.html' title='More Random Shots of Plovdiv&apos;s Old Town...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5nyq0o_kI/AAAAAAAABT8/wR-YT8nCyJo/s72-c/Revival+era+building.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-9012492791862037203</id><published>2007-06-21T14:36:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:42.640+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='churches'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bulgaria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='architecture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Plovdiv'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardens'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eastern Europe'/><title type='text'>Random Shots of Plovdiv's Old Town...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5kdq0o_fI/AAAAAAAABTU/ZvPd2C6NF8A/s1600-h/Church+of+St+Constantine+%26+Elena.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102125888731414002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5kdq0o_fI/AAAAAAAABTU/ZvPd2C6NF8A/s400/Church+of+St+Constantine+%26+Elena.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5keK0o_gI/AAAAAAAABTc/1X0OCSaplks/s1600-h/Church+of+Sveta+Bogoroditsa.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102125897321348610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5keK0o_gI/AAAAAAAABTc/1X0OCSaplks/s400/Church+of+Sveta+Bogoroditsa.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5ke60o_hI/AAAAAAAABTk/dqw5_3WM_FM/s1600-h/Cobbled+Street.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102125910206250514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5ke60o_hI/AAAAAAAABTk/dqw5_3WM_FM/s400/Cobbled+Street.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5kfq0o_iI/AAAAAAAABTs/V_GJekiQWQA/s1600-h/Ethnographical+Museum.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102125923091152418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5kfq0o_iI/AAAAAAAABTs/V_GJekiQWQA/s400/Ethnographical+Museum.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5kga0o_jI/AAAAAAAABT0/6r5O0vz5pag/s1600-h/Archway.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102125935976054322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5kga0o_jI/AAAAAAAABT0/6r5O0vz5pag/s400/Archway.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-9012492791862037203?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/9012492791862037203/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=9012492791862037203&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/9012492791862037203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/9012492791862037203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/random-shots-of-plovdivs-old-town.html' title='Random Shots of Plovdiv&apos;s Old Town...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5kdq0o_fI/AAAAAAAABTU/ZvPd2C6NF8A/s72-c/Church+of+St+Constantine+%26+Elena.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-1941474121722721209</id><published>2007-06-21T10:30:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:43.096+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bulgaria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Plovdiv'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eastern Europe'/><title type='text'>Fountains in Plovdiv...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pl Sv Stambolov&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5djq0o_dI/AAAAAAAABTE/lh0XkcJ1JOs/s1600-h/Pl+Sv+Stambolov.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102118295229234642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5djq0o_dI/AAAAAAAABTE/lh0XkcJ1JOs/s400/Pl+Sv+Stambolov.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; Pl Tsentralen&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5dkK0o_eI/AAAAAAAABTM/cJm03JcY18A/s1600-h/pl+Tsentralen.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102118303819169250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5dkK0o_eI/AAAAAAAABTM/cJm03JcY18A/s400/pl+Tsentralen.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-1941474121722721209?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/1941474121722721209/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=1941474121722721209&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/1941474121722721209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/1941474121722721209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/fountains-in-plovdiv.html' title='Fountains in Plovdiv...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs5djq0o_dI/AAAAAAAABTE/lh0XkcJ1JOs/s72-c/Pl+Sv+Stambolov.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-5431611555470302436</id><published>2007-06-20T16:00:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:43.588+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bulgaria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='alcohol'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='1990s'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='1980s'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Plovdiv'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eastern Europe'/><title type='text'>Characters in Plovdiv...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Godzilla and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bulgarianbeer.com/kamenitza.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Kamenitza&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; beer:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2soq0o_aI/AAAAAAAABSs/IeS3uCy8NbE/s1600-h/Godzilla.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101923767570464162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2soq0o_aI/AAAAAAAABSs/IeS3uCy8NbE/s400/Godzilla.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Alyosha - a Russian soldier on top of the &lt;em&gt;Hill of the Liberators&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2spq0o_bI/AAAAAAAABS0/c60cevR01zc/s1600-h/Alyosha.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101923784750333362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2spq0o_bI/AAAAAAAABS0/c60cevR01zc/s400/Alyosha.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Milyu the Great Gossiper - an eavesdropper of the 1980s and 1990s:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2sqa0o_cI/AAAAAAAABS8/aeoIvoefXdE/s1600-h/Milyu.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101923797635235266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2sqa0o_cI/AAAAAAAABS8/aeoIvoefXdE/s400/Milyu.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-5431611555470302436?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/5431611555470302436/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=5431611555470302436&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/5431611555470302436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/5431611555470302436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/characters-in-plovdiv.html' title='Characters in Plovdiv...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2soq0o_aI/AAAAAAAABSs/IeS3uCy8NbE/s72-c/Godzilla.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-8939151652604906592</id><published>2007-06-20T14:40:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:44.787+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bulgaria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ancient ruins'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Plovdiv'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eastern Europe'/><title type='text'>First Shots of Plovdiv...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;The partially uncovered Stadium of Philippopolis in the centre of town:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2lna0o_WI/AAAAAAAABSM/C3KVZAheXKI/s1600-h/Roman+Stadium+Ruins.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101916049514233186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2lna0o_WI/AAAAAAAABSM/C3KVZAheXKI/s400/Roman+Stadium+Ruins.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; It's a horseshoe shaped old Roman stadium dating from the 3rd century:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2loa0o_XI/AAAAAAAABSU/E-tdhAHZriw/s1600-h/Roman+Stadium+Ruins+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101916066694102386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2loa0o_XI/AAAAAAAABSU/E-tdhAHZriw/s400/Roman+Stadium+Ruins+2.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Above the steps you can partially see the Dzhumaya Mosque which is currently being renovated:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2lo60o_YI/AAAAAAAABSc/KOA3UUz18QA/s1600-h/Roman+Stadium+Ruins+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101916075284036994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2lo60o_YI/AAAAAAAABSc/KOA3UUz18QA/s400/Roman+Stadium+Ruins+3.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The Theatre of Ancient Philippopolis was built in the beginning of the 2nd century and accommodated up to 7000 spectators:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2lqK0o_ZI/AAAAAAAABSk/c4V8R6LPBVQ/s1600-h/Theatre+of+Ancient+Philippopolis.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101916096758873490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2lqK0o_ZI/AAAAAAAABSk/c4V8R6LPBVQ/s400/Theatre+of+Ancient+Philippopolis.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; It wasn't rediscovered until the 1980s!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-8939151652604906592?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/8939151652604906592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=8939151652604906592&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/8939151652604906592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/8939151652604906592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-shots-of-plovdiv.html' title='First Shots of Plovdiv...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2lna0o_WI/AAAAAAAABSM/C3KVZAheXKI/s72-c/Roman+Stadium+Ruins.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-6363563752133346062</id><published>2007-06-19T18:45:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:45.488+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bulgaria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bansko'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pirin Mountains'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eastern Europe'/><title type='text'>Bansko...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2dc60o_TI/AAAAAAAABR0/9Q3Nm7jt-TY/s1600-h/1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101907073032584498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2dc60o_TI/AAAAAAAABR0/9Q3Nm7jt-TY/s400/1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2dda0o_UI/AAAAAAAABR8/dW_ODL5mN1o/s1600-h/2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101907081622519106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2dda0o_UI/AAAAAAAABR8/dW_ODL5mN1o/s400/2.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2ddq0o_VI/AAAAAAAABSE/KFvzPkzt_QU/s1600-h/3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101907085917486418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2ddq0o_VI/AAAAAAAABSE/KFvzPkzt_QU/s400/3.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-6363563752133346062?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/6363563752133346062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=6363563752133346062&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/6363563752133346062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/6363563752133346062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/bansko.html' title='Bansko...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2dc60o_TI/AAAAAAAABR0/9Q3Nm7jt-TY/s72-c/1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-960950970446187466</id><published>2007-06-18T14:30:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:46.183+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bulgaria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rila Mountains'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rila Monastery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eastern Europe'/><title type='text'>Signs...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2D-K0o_QI/AAAAAAAABRc/dXXKP7YTCNk/s1600-h/Stairs.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101879056960912642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2D-K0o_QI/AAAAAAAABRc/dXXKP7YTCNk/s400/Stairs.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2D-60o_RI/AAAAAAAABRk/5IRzC_Nd7ZI/s1600-h/Sign.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101879069845814546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2D-60o_RI/AAAAAAAABRk/5IRzC_Nd7ZI/s400/Sign.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2D_a0o_SI/AAAAAAAABRs/twidMqrl28A/s1600-h/Danger.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101879078435749154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2D_a0o_SI/AAAAAAAABRs/twidMqrl28A/s400/Danger.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-960950970446187466?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/960950970446187466/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=960950970446187466&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/960950970446187466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/960950970446187466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/signs_18.html' title='Signs...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2D-K0o_QI/AAAAAAAABRc/dXXKP7YTCNk/s72-c/Stairs.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-3015984296123765494</id><published>2007-06-18T14:00:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:46.855+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bulgaria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rila Mountains'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rila Monastery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eastern Europe'/><title type='text'>More Random Shots of Rila Monastery...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2CO60o_MI/AAAAAAAABQ8/9ve_Eud6tV0/s1600-h/Water.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101877145700465858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2CO60o_MI/AAAAAAAABQ8/9ve_Eud6tV0/s400/Water.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2CPa0o_NI/AAAAAAAABRE/ailQNkuI0ns/s1600-h/Archway.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101877154290400466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2CPa0o_NI/AAAAAAAABRE/ailQNkuI0ns/s400/Archway.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2CQ60o_OI/AAAAAAAABRM/Yii_2r5Md4Q/s1600-h/Corner.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101877180060204258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2CQ60o_OI/AAAAAAAABRM/Yii_2r5Md4Q/s400/Corner.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2CR60o_PI/AAAAAAAABRU/vyQWmpHmGjU/s1600-h/Up+close.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101877197240073458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2CR60o_PI/AAAAAAAABRU/vyQWmpHmGjU/s400/Up+close.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-3015984296123765494?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/3015984296123765494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=3015984296123765494&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/3015984296123765494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/3015984296123765494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/more-random-shots-of-rila-monastery.html' title='More Random Shots of Rila Monastery...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2CO60o_MI/AAAAAAAABQ8/9ve_Eud6tV0/s72-c/Water.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-5019240305932495802</id><published>2007-06-18T13:45:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:47.365+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bulgaria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rila Mountains'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='architecture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rila Monastery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eastern Europe'/><title type='text'>Random Shots of Rila Monastery...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2AEq0o_HI/AAAAAAAABQU/TPQgG3mj2Ho/s1600-h/Brook.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101874770583551090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2AEq0o_HI/AAAAAAAABQU/TPQgG3mj2Ho/s400/Brook.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2AFq0o_II/AAAAAAAABQc/72Qs2aC9quM/s1600-h/Ramshackle.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101874787763420290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2AFq0o_II/AAAAAAAABQc/72Qs2aC9quM/s400/Ramshackle.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2AGa0o_JI/AAAAAAAABQk/T_9vZ0e6ZhA/s1600-h/ClimaCom.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101874800648322194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2AGa0o_JI/AAAAAAAABQk/T_9vZ0e6ZhA/s400/ClimaCom.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs2AHK0o_KI/AAAAAAAABQs/MgdiRyA4vyQ/s1600-h/Tower.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101874813533224098" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs145K0o-0I/AAAAAAAABN8/Ud4DPPBR7eg/s400/Fresco.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs146q0o-1I/AAAAAAAABOE/CtHohn933IE/s1600-h/Fresco+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101866902203464530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs146q0o-1I/AAAAAAAABOE/CtHohn933IE/s400/Fresco+2.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs148K0o-2I/AAAAAAAABOM/eDY6v0AwMm0/s1600-h/Fresco+5.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101866927973268322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs148K0o-2I/AAAAAAAABOM/eDY6v0AwMm0/s400/Fresco+5.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs149q0o-3I/AAAAAAAABOU/Ijj56LNSrqo/s1600-h/Fresco+4.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101866953743072114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs149q0o-3I/AAAAAAAABOU/Ijj56LNSrqo/s400/Fresco+4.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs14-60o-4I/AAAAAAAABOc/lfgTJpA9bow/s1600-h/Fresco+7.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101866975217908610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs14-60o-4I/AAAAAAAABOc/lfgTJpA9bow/s400/Fresco+7.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-1875655130306378790?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/1875655130306378790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=1875655130306378790&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/1875655130306378790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/1875655130306378790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/murals-part-edno.html' title='Murals - Part Edno...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs145K0o-0I/AAAAAAAABN8/Ud4DPPBR7eg/s72-c/Fresco.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-8448540575923487283</id><published>2007-06-18T13:15:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:53.146+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='churches'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bulgaria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rila Mountains'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='architecture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rila Monastery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eastern Europe'/><title type='text'>Nativity Church...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs13QK0o-vI/AAAAAAAABNU/XO1rIvN9yYQ/s1600-h/Nativity+Church.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101865072547396338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs13QK0o-vI/AAAAAAAABNU/XO1rIvN9yYQ/s400/Nativity+Church.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs13Qq0o-wI/AAAAAAAABNc/NqepJ_5jeZ0/s1600-h/Nativity+Church+Domes.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101865081137330946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs13Qq0o-wI/AAAAAAAABNc/NqepJ_5jeZ0/s400/Nativity+Church+Domes.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs13RK0o-xI/AAAAAAAABNk/jn-o4JzZ5bw/s1600-h/Nativity+Church+Dome.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101865089727265554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs13RK0o-xI/AAAAAAAABNk/jn-o4JzZ5bw/s400/Nativity+Church+Dome.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs13R60o-yI/AAAAAAAABNs/JDW7pkIGECI/s1600-h/Nativity+Church+%26+Hrelyu+Tower.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101865102612167458" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs10WK0o-qI/AAAAAAAABMs/Dr_wGU1CiHE/s400/First+View+Inside.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs10W60o-rI/AAAAAAAABM0/YUeu9q8qYsU/s1600-h/Pilgrim.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101861889976629938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs10W60o-rI/AAAAAAAABM0/YUeu9q8qYsU/s400/Pilgrim.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs10Xa0o-sI/AAAAAAAABM8/8DB6HvZpwXU/s1600-h/Inside+the+Monastery.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101861898566564546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs10Xa0o-sI/AAAAAAAABM8/8DB6HvZpwXU/s400/Inside+the+Monastery.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs10X60o-tI/AAAAAAAABNE/4--Dsfid_VY/s1600-h/Funsui.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101861907156499154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs10X60o-tI/AAAAAAAABNE/4--Dsfid_VY/s400/Funsui.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs10Ya0o-uI/AAAAAAAABNM/Cg26Y2LLIkI/s1600-h/Space.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101861915746433762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs10Ya0o-uI/AAAAAAAABNM/Cg26Y2LLIkI/s400/Space.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19569779-1785405152323323975?l=verniciousknids.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/feeds/1785405152323323975/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19569779&amp;postID=1785405152323323975&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/1785405152323323975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19569779/posts/default/1785405152323323975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-shots-of-rila-monastery.html' title='First Shots of Rila Monastery...'/><author><name>verniciousknids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='25' src='http://static.flickr.com/22/25537067_2e8c433f50_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs10WK0o-qI/AAAAAAAABMs/Dr_wGU1CiHE/s72-c/First+View+Inside.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19569779.post-8447780732366127349</id><published>2007-06-17T22:51:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:32:54.708+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bulgaria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='architecture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sofia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eastern Europe'/><title type='text'>Dinner and Lollipops...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Chargrilled vegetables and bacon with sheep's cheese...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs1nu60o-oI/AAAAAAAABMc/GTEON0ryih0/s1600-h/Chargrilled+Heaven.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101848008642329218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs1nu60o-oI/AAAAAAAABMc/GTEON0ryih0/s400/Chargrilled+Heaven.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;And then off to bed in the Chupa Chups Building - our window is in the red painted area!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs1nva0o-pI/AAAAAAAABMk/QfiugQw1NFc/s1600-h/Chupa+Chups.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101848017232263826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wpFbogalNI8/Rs1nva0o-pI/AAAAAAAABMk/QfiugQw1NFc/s400/Chupa+Chups.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;If you also want to sleep in the Chupa Chups building then it's &lt;em&gt;Hotel Maya&lt;/em&gt; that you'll be searching &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Lonely Planet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; 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