tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18673777891066425862024-03-05T15:44:18.237-08:00Leaf NotesMarisol Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04767740920349521096noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867377789106642586.post-48986340927718579112011-07-22T13:50:00.000-07:002011-07-22T13:50:23.074-07:00June 21st: Our first adventures into Bursa<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Now, a month and a day from when we first arrived here in Bursa, we are getting ready to leave the Turkish life we have now come to love. For me this trip has been such a fantastic insight into a culture I clearly had no idea about before.<br />
My heart does feel a bit heavy for having to leave this country in a few short days and I feel as though the U.S. will give me quite a culture shock when I return.<br />
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Our days at Uludag University, Gorukle and Bursa started as a haze of bus, ferry and minibus rides, that now all seem like a blurr (mostly because I fell asleep on just about every moving vehicle we were in). I remember our final bus ride into Bursa ended in us being dropped off on the side of the highway.<br />
As I was torn from my millionth nap on a bus, I found myself stressfully gathering my huge backpack and running off the bus to gather my luggage and quickly herded into a minibus that just so happened to be parked on the side of the highway waiting for us. It took me several minutes to even figure out what was happening but, when I did I found out that the minibus contained our new Turkish family.<br />
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We were taken to the dorms which we quickly found out had no air conditioning and no working elevator, which meant that we had to lug our belongings up 4 flights of slippery marble stairs ( and if you saw my bag, you would know how hard that was!). We got settled into our dorm which was fully equipped with a kitchen and bathroom. After a couple hours of furniture moving and unpacking, we were picked up for dinner with our new friends.<br />
The first dinner with Sami and Semih consisted of trying to figure out what everyone was saying (on both sides), I learned some new turkish words and got some clarification on other words I had learned but not really understood. The students were very hospitable right off the bat and made dinner super comfortable. There was a lot of nervous laughter due to communication difficulties but, the excitement everyone felt was raw and real and I will never forget it.<br />
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</div>Marisol Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04767740920349521096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867377789106642586.post-27740705700687613182011-07-12T08:28:00.000-07:002011-07-12T08:42:28.131-07:00June 20th: The Acropolis, Red Basillica and the Aclepieion.The ancient city ruins of the Roman Acropolis climb up the mountain side until finally reaching the Temple of Trojan, The temple of Athena,The sanctuary of Heroon and the famous library which had 200,000 books that were given by Antonius to Cleopatra as a wedding gift. The theater, constructed in the 3rd century BC, is one of the steepest in the world and can seat 10,000 people! As you sit in the theater you have an amazing aerial view of the mountainside and the entire city of Bergama it is quite a sight to take in.<br />
We walked the city starting with the peak and walked down the mountain all the way through the lower acropolis which had the sanctuary of Demeter, the gymnasium, and the lower market all the while passing ancient aqueducts until we were lead out through the Gates of Eumenes out of the ancient city.<br />
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There I was walking through this ancient city and I couldn't help but think about how insane it was for me to be walking though the same corridors as they did so long ago. The city is now a ruin, but the grandeur of it had to exist in ancient times too. I cant believe people made such a huge and beautiful city with their hands. Now a days we use machines and tools and still complain. Even though the Acropolis is crumbling there is still wonder there, even in the tiniest most broken piece of chiseled marble.<br />
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Yummy breakfast at the Gobi Pension, my most favorite meal time since I've been here, because its always vegetarian!<br />
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</div>The Red Basillica or the Kizil Avlu was built in the 2nd century AD for the Egyptian gods Serapis,Isis and Harpocrates, when the Egyptian religion was reaching the Roman Empire. A stream ran beneath it in stone channels and was used for ritual bathing. The Byzantines later built the Church of St. John the Apostle within the ancient walls and it is still used today as the Kurtulus Camii mosque.<br />
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</span></span>Marisol Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04767740920349521096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867377789106642586.post-80348003289287546262011-07-12T02:23:00.000-07:002011-07-12T02:26:12.300-07:00JUNE 19th: Travel To Bergama District, Izmir Province TurkeyWe said goodbye to Greece and to the Malemi hotel at 7am and drove to the ferry station to await our return to Turkey. This marked the end of our first phase of experiments and sadly meant that our Professors Dr. John Barthell and Dr. John Hranitz would leave soon for the US. Their incredible positivity, fun nature, and nurturing care will definitively be missed in the upcoming weeks.<br />
We boarded a bus from the ferry port Avylik to Dikili and took a taxi to Bergama. We arrived at our hotel, Gobi Pension, in the late afternoon and were greeted by a sweet old man whose smile masked his inability to speak English. His son Mustafa spoke great English and brought us chai and fruit while we all talked about Bergama. The early arrival allowed some of us to take a trip to the Bergama museum, which houses artifacts from the surrounding areas.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of my favorites, the Centaur, I can only imagine how magnificent this was as a complete art piece. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VI-aiwVP7ak/ThwEyiir8GI/AAAAAAAABHY/UUup_Dn8aaw/s1600/IMG_1999.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VI-aiwVP7ak/ThwEyiir8GI/AAAAAAAABHY/UUup_Dn8aaw/s400/IMG_1999.JPG" width="382" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is for some of you art history friends I have... I know yall would have loved this museum!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6xMXmm3zLFc/ThwFhcvRbRI/AAAAAAAABHc/ay6vnUYixaM/s1600/IMG_2001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="596" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6xMXmm3zLFc/ThwFhcvRbRI/AAAAAAAABHc/ay6vnUYixaM/s640/IMG_2001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Asklepieion of Pergamum (Bergama) and use of its "healing springs" was established on the slopes of Mount Geyikli in the mid 4th century BC and flourished in the Hellenistic period. It was one of the most important medical and therapeutic centers in the Antiquity. Its most celebrated periods occurred during the 2nd century in the treatment methods of the famous physician Galen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--a4qXDNecAk/ThwMeXJz_FI/AAAAAAAABH0/T7eoRh0BQ1s/s1600/IMG_1978.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--a4qXDNecAk/ThwMeXJz_FI/AAAAAAAABH0/T7eoRh0BQ1s/s320/IMG_1978.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The center of this mosaic features the head of Medusa, which was found decorating the floor of a building at the Acroplis. Medusa is one of the three Gorgon sisters in mythology and was a symbol of evil and horror and had serpents as hair. Pergamon (lower city, Roman period 3rd Century AD)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPslk0cOG94/ThwP46-o2dI/AAAAAAAABIY/LSd1Qydi70w/s1600/IMG_1996.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPslk0cOG94/ThwP46-o2dI/AAAAAAAABIY/LSd1Qydi70w/s640/IMG_1996.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And no days complete until I spot a crazy looking bug! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoil5k5bfT1aFIhCijN3EXl4b3WW9KdwjgLpGtJeqNDUE1yQ_1BwTCCsBCL8ZupKvDC1asKBO-afAlsAqLPXS7rAjy8XBzvN1LnjAy5Vc-i5A1g8PUHNo6AIGBzgc4Ss8tftB66YULjVg3/s1600/IMG_2047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoil5k5bfT1aFIhCijN3EXl4b3WW9KdwjgLpGtJeqNDUE1yQ_1BwTCCsBCL8ZupKvDC1asKBO-afAlsAqLPXS7rAjy8XBzvN1LnjAy5Vc-i5A1g8PUHNo6AIGBzgc4Ss8tftB66YULjVg3/s320/IMG_2047.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Marisol Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04767740920349521096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867377789106642586.post-86202082365499262952011-07-01T10:05:00.000-07:002011-07-01T10:09:58.378-07:00June 18 2011: A Scientist Day of Rest .<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">After a grueling day in the field we took a day off from traveling and working to do a bit of exploration.<br />
<div>Our wonderful host at the Hotel Mylemi, George, told us about a Monastery located about 4km NW of Kalloni Bay and we decided to check it out. The Monastery of Limonos was established in the 13th century in dedicat<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ion of Micheal the Archangel. It sat vacant for one century, due to the Ottomans capturing the Island in 1462. In 1526 it was </span>re-established by Saint Ignatius who built the main church and founded the Limoniada school. </div><div>The monastery is still used to this day and has about 200 small one room "churches" with the goal of having one for every day of the year, many people who can afford to sponsor a church can do so in the hope of their contribution appealing to a higher power. </div><div>Limonos was very peaceful and surprisingly in good condition for such an ancient place. We took a small walking tour through the halls and the corridors and could hear the faint sound of monks singing. Women weren't allowed into the main part of the buildings (due to centuries old traditions), so us gals could only visit the outlying areas of worship. </div><div>The monastery is home to a collection of about 5,000 rare 15th Century books, manuscripts, art, iconography, and distilleries. ( I have to thank my travel buddy Amanda Barnett for these pictures, I forgot my camera when we went to the monastery!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7wr_IIR42x8/Tg3yLp5JACI/AAAAAAAABEU/pkdKeh12T74/s1600/LES+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7wr_IIR42x8/Tg3yLp5JACI/AAAAAAAABEU/pkdKeh12T74/s400/LES+001.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Petrified trunks are scattered over an area of 15,000 hectares and are called the ''Petrified Forest'', there is nothing else like it in the world. Some of these still standing stumps are dated to be 20 million years old. It is not just a group of trees but an entire ecosystem fossilized in site.Petrified trunks were preserved standing with their root systems intact in a full stage of development attest and were petrified in their natural location, along with their fruits, branches and leaves. The Petrified Forest can give insight as to what constituted the flora and climate in the Aegean during the Miocene Era! Freaking cool!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">First, lets have a look at Kalloni Bay before out drive to Sigri, Greece.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">After the strenuous hike down and back up the mountain we went to the beach in Sigri! Finally! The water was cold and refreshing and just what the group needed after a hike in the sun. Here are some pictures of the town.</span><br />
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At 5:30am I was a very groggy and un-caffeinated little lady, let me tell you! Just about all of us who weren't driving to the field site took a snooze fest on the road. When we arrived the sun was slowly ascending into the sky, casting the most beautiful, dark, golden glow on everything. The air was crisp and cool and the faint smell of flowers and sea salt hung in the air.<br />
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We took a drive to collect flowering <i>Vitex</i> sprigs from bushes in the area, both white and violet colored flowers were used in this experiment. In previous posts I mentioned the trouble in finding flowering <i>Vitex </i>due to changing weather patterns and today was no exception, but we did get enough in order to conduct the study.<br />
Since we had set up two transects the day before, we split into two groups, one for each transect. Dr. Barthell, Carmen, Aaron, Rich and Amanda chose the first transect nearest the bay. Dr. Hranitz, Maria, Josh and myself made up team two. The experiment was conducted exactly the same at the transects.<br />
The goal was to study honey bee behavior on Vitex and Yellow star Thistle to answer questions of the invasive Yellow Star Thistle in the U.S. and how pollination plays a role. This data will be added to about 5 years worth of studies conducted on the Island of Lesvos.<br />
Behavioral studies were conducted for a timed 2.5 min at every plant (chosen the previous day) adding up to an hour for each study. We started at 7 am and continued to work in the very hot, Grecian sun until 8 pm, with a break for a quick lunch.<br />
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Vitex and Star Thistle in the field.<br />
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My job was to collect, record the time of collection/notes, pin and roughly identify honey bees every hour from 7am-8pm. It was of course my favorite job ever! I hiked around all day (because I couldn't be within the study range) and collected bees and other insects that happened to be pollinating the Yellow Star Thistle (native to Greece). With my trusty bug net, potassium cyanide kill jar, journal and water I had a ton of fun. I know this really sounds strange to you non bug enthusiasts but to me it was a blast.<br />
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Everyone did a fantastic job and even though we were extremely exhausted we really pulled it together!<br />
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Magically we still had enough energy to walk to town and eat at an Italian restaurant, which was seriously one of the best meals of my entire life (the margarita was amazing too!). Thus concludes another fun filled day !<br />
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</div>Marisol Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04767740920349521096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867377789106642586.post-65884800407432630462011-06-29T07:46:00.000-07:002011-06-29T07:46:21.623-07:00Feeling fine and dandy.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Have you ever loved a day that was ordinary, where not one single spectacular event happened, yet, you for some reason dreaded to see the sun disappear? Today is that day for me.<br />
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I woke up around 6 am an hour after the Muslim prayers slowly drifted into my dreams from a projected speaker in the city. I don't mind the prayers, they make me feel at ease and they are beautiful to listen to. The lyrical songs are projected 4 times a day and during that time most people stop what they are doing, turn off their music and listen. After which they act as if nothing even happened, conversations are continued, songs are turned up and its back to everyday life.<br />
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After my first semi- okay attempt at making Turkish coffee (forgot to boil in the sugar= too weird tasting), one sunny-side up egg, baby zucchini and toast, I quickly scurried to the Bee Behavioral and Pollination Lab (@ 15min, uphill ). <br />
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When I arrived we assessed the health of the bees that the other group caught for us yesterday. Unfortunately, since they were not accustomed to this task most to our animals died or were sickly and out of the 60 only 9 were usable. Huge set back! So, we learned that collecting the bees is something that our team of three needs to do on our own. Since all 60 insects were to be split between the both of us and only 9 were usable we decided to split our duties for the day. Maria and Rich worked on collecting and feeding the bees while I worked on an experimental bee vibration conditioning project.<br />
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The project went well and I was able to get some interesting data. Tomorrow I'll be working on an idea that I came up with using black light (which has UV light that bugs can see) and seeing if we can use black light as a conditioning stimulus and if so what the learning threshold might be.<br />
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Now I'm laying on my bed and looking out my window at the gorgeous backdrop of pine trees,the blue sky and white puffy clouds leisurely drifting by. And even though I am so far from home, I feel at home here for the first time.<br />
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View from my Room at Rabia Riza Bicen. The C makes a "ch" sound so we like to call it Bitchen' but the real pronunciation is more like Beeshin. Oops.<br />
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</div>Marisol Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04767740920349521096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867377789106642586.post-36220851818776412622011-06-27T13:22:00.000-07:002011-06-29T08:21:45.189-07:00June 16, 2011 Preparation for Experiments in Kalloni Bay<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The bright eyed and excited field team....wait no....let me start again... The exhausted/drowsy, curious field team headed back to Kalloni Bay in order to:</span><br />
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#2 set up and clear transects for the behavior study that as to take place the following day<br />
#3 get nectar readings from the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Yellow star-thistle (<em>Centaurea soltitialis)</em></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">#1: There was no problem with the yellow star thistle BUT </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><em>Vitex agnus-castus </em>was still not very abundant. So waiting another day for the behavioral study isn't a bad idea. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><em>Vitex agnus-castus, </em>a much more pleasant plant compared to the Yellow Star Thistle! (thanks M. Butler)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">#2: As a said before Yellow Star Thistle was everywhere in a field. Imagine a field filled with needles, syringes and little bitty knives, that is what it was like. Everywhere you walked little pokey things would stab you. It was as if they reached out and did it on purpose. I definitely could not hold back my automatic yelp followed by some kind of curse word. In order to limit our study range we found two transects, one near the beautiful bay and one located further away tucked into the field of Yellow Star Thistle. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The worst part about this day is that we had to clear a path in order to get to our study plants. We chose plants within the transect that appeared to be more lively and had a plentiful array of flowers with healthy florets. Once the plants were chosen, we (basically) got down on our hands a knees in a field of needles and trimmed the surrounding flowers that could interfere with the "chosen ones" . Meaning, we cut other surrounding yellow star thistle plants and plants/ bushes that had other colorful flowers that would attract bees. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This eliminated the bees range t</span>o our transect plants. This part was horrible because we got stabbed repeatedly with the Thistles sharp edges. Scraped arms and bumpy rashes appeared all over everyone's arms and legs (or where ever else you got poked! Backing your butt into a plant held a definite YELP factor!!) BUT that's the price you pay for science! RIGHT? I have to admit being in the Greek Country side surrounded by a beautiful bay DID take the pain away ( a little). </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I mean come on..look at this! This is near transect one. (thanks A. Barnett)</span></span><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yes, yes, I know Ive been out of touch, but traveling and walking all day + traveling really makes a girl not want to blog. I can honestly say Ive never slept more soundly in my life after a long day. So Im backed up on posts but here I go yet again trying to play catch up.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</div>Marisol Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04767740920349521096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867377789106642586.post-31275569354171341102011-06-18T14:38:00.000-07:002011-06-18T14:54:37.244-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> I am currently sitting in my hotel room in Greece listening to Greek music blaring from outdoors and suddenly American rap starts playing its a reminder that you are never as far from home as you think you are (in spirit) and yes even Greeks like rap!<br />
I have been so busy traveling and working looong 14 hr. field shifts that when I get to my hotel I cant even think about eating much less updating my blog. So tonight, the night before I return to Turkey, I want to catch up on what I've been up to.<br />
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<b>JUNE 13 2011</b><br />
After our amazing tour of Istanbul we went on another bus ride and ferry ride through the countryside of Turkey in order to reach Canakkale Province where I stayed for 2 days. The archaeological site of Troy is located in Canakkale as well as a World War I historical site Gallipoli, where we also toured.<br />
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Troy was an of out of the world experience, like much of this trip has been. I found out that 90% of Troy is still under the ground meaning that they have only dug up 10% of the ancient city of Troy. Troy consists of many layers of civilization. The ancient greeks would build on top of their older buildings, so they basically built cities on top of cities. Archaeologists still debate which city layer contains the actual "City of Troy" that is attributed to the Trojan War and to references in Greek tales such as the Iliad by Homer. Out of the 9 layers that make up the Troy archaeological site layers 6 or 7 are the best candidates for the "Trojan War" era. Since much has yet to be excavated who knows what other cool things have yet to be recovered.<br />
Just an FYI all these pics can be enlarged by clicking on them. These are a few of the pics I took, Im afraid if I uploaded all of them my computer would blow up.<br />
This is just a replica of the Trojan Horse that is heard about in stories.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YDKOwbKH8xY/TfvgRX-TcEI/AAAAAAAAAwA/sVc8aBOp1E4/s1600/IMG_1589.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YDKOwbKH8xY/TfvgRX-TcEI/AAAAAAAAAwA/sVc8aBOp1E4/s320/IMG_1589.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> A really awesome Lepidopteran (butterfly) that was flitting about the ruins. Not sure of the genus and species yet.<br />
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Tons of ruins like this are everywhere. It's crazy to think about someone finding the stone, thinking up a design for it and carving it in 3000 BC-1st century BC! It blows my mind!<br />
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</div> This is apparently where they would conduct animals sacrifices.<br />
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I took a lot of pictures of nature this trip that I loved! The place was gorgeous!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R4g_fiusJKY/Tf0Sheqfl8I/AAAAAAAAAx0/ex1KDNZVEZ4/s1600/IMG_1718.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R4g_fiusJKY/Tf0Sheqfl8I/AAAAAAAAAx0/ex1KDNZVEZ4/s320/IMG_1718.JPG" width="239" /></a></div> This is the first cemetery I haven't been afraid to step foot in. What a beautiful place to be laid to rest. These are all people who died during the WWI battles, sadly most of them where in their early 20's.<br />
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<span id="goog_1517640696"></span><span id="goog_1517640697"></span></div>Marisol Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04767740920349521096noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867377789106642586.post-63680193663115156562011-06-13T15:59:00.000-07:002011-06-13T16:07:25.570-07:006-11-2011 The Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After a well rested night at the Hotel Turkuaz we ventured out into the city of Istanbul to see the Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque. </span><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Blue Mosque: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">The Blue Mosque was commissioned by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">Sultan Ahmet I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"> (it is said that he was only 19 years old). His goal was to make it an even better place for Islamic worship than the Hagia Sophia. It was built facing the Hagia Sophia, over the site of the ancient hippodrome, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">a circus that was the social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, only a few fragments of the original hippodrome have survived (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><i>hippos:</i> horse and <i>dromos</i>: path or way). <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Horse racing</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">chariot racing</span> were popular pastimes, thus the name</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">. The Blue Mosque was built between </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">1609 and 1616.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"> Sultan Ahmet sadly died just a year after its completion at the age of 27. He is buried outside the mosque with his wife and three sons. </span></span><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> (This is the entrance I entered through)</span></span><br />
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<div style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> This is a picture of the soft, yet smelly velvet carpet.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GQizZa0QG6c/TfaCB4k-taI/AAAAAAAAAto/1lx04Gw0G0A/s1600/IMG_1467.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GQizZa0QG6c/TfaCB4k-taI/AAAAAAAAAto/1lx04Gw0G0A/s320/IMG_1467.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3KXam-ImXyU/TfaCP1KmZwI/AAAAAAAAAts/UU-ZlFtsMyA/s1600/IMG_1468.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3KXam-ImXyU/TfaCP1KmZwI/AAAAAAAAAts/UU-ZlFtsMyA/s320/IMG_1468.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> The designs were amazing...this is only one of many pictures I took of the design and architecture. This is the ceiling. And the picture below it I took because I thought it was funny to see a small vacuum in such a huge mosque...or to even think about vacuuming a mosque.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0kRJz_RyTno2JxkBI8FzRVjzcZ5aAKzFVdsndKWVb__KFoapO88cfw3c8QibGlF1P60mLkntiJKe6P9clFDxvQ0bC1lDZIa90t-8BGB4lZHiL6Swz8-dKk5EabL4st2RetyU8eYYCohPB/s1600/IMG_1466.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0kRJz_RyTno2JxkBI8FzRVjzcZ5aAKzFVdsndKWVb__KFoapO88cfw3c8QibGlF1P60mLkntiJKe6P9clFDxvQ0bC1lDZIa90t-8BGB4lZHiL6Swz8-dKk5EabL4st2RetyU8eYYCohPB/s320/IMG_1466.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><h2 style="color: black; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hagia Sophia:</span></span></h2></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The first Hagia Sophia or Church of Holy Wisdom, was built by Constantine the Great in the fourth century for Christian worship. It was destroyed and his son Constantius and the emperor Theodosius the Great built another one in its place which was burned during the Nika riots of 532. Between 532 and 537, Justinian I rebuilt it and made it what it is today.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In 1453 Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror seized Constantinople and converted the Hagia Sophia into a mosque.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The beauty of this place is remarkable and even though I loved the Blue Mosque, the Hagia Sophia cannot be beat. Not only is it beautiful, but it is so intriguing to see all the different layers of Christian (Roman Catholic & Greek Orthodox) and Muslim symbolism in the art work and standing structures. I dont think I will ever be able to fully explain how amazing it is.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e1_2Curlp6E/TfaKHm_OkBI/AAAAAAAAAt4/ibfnl2R8ElY/s1600/IMG_1504.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e1_2Curlp6E/TfaKHm_OkBI/AAAAAAAAAt4/ibfnl2R8ElY/s320/IMG_1504.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pqzhJrtdf2Y/TfaL1NTe3kI/AAAAAAAAAt8/uq5EdO-kI1I/s1600/IMG_1505.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pqzhJrtdf2Y/TfaL1NTe3kI/AAAAAAAAAt8/uq5EdO-kI1I/s320/IMG_1505.JPG" width="240" /></a></div> The above and below picture are fragments of earlier portions of the Hagia Sophia<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hqAnY5entQY/TfaMNJSV0ZI/AAAAAAAAAuA/ojeFWar3D2k/s1600/IMG_1511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hqAnY5entQY/TfaMNJSV0ZI/AAAAAAAAAuA/ojeFWar3D2k/s320/IMG_1511.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> The ceiling of the Hagia Sophia in the corridor before you get to the main part.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Ph3FpdcOnsEHzCfHe6yz84Rt5keNiXsY06itnKExZdNl6E9w2Q46XWpPhl2D1328XdyWtN0OBAc-JTxZFMWcapq7wzb7XBRIFAwo8d8csRSQMq-EMnswyY55ncsAFsQ5MAFr9NXAqsLd/s1600/IMG_1517.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Ph3FpdcOnsEHzCfHe6yz84Rt5keNiXsY06itnKExZdNl6E9w2Q46XWpPhl2D1328XdyWtN0OBAc-JTxZFMWcapq7wzb7XBRIFAwo8d8csRSQMq-EMnswyY55ncsAFsQ5MAFr9NXAqsLd/s320/IMG_1517.JPG" width="240" /></a></div> Standing at the entrance, tons of people were there!!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-42ErucRcQKc/TfaMYu18_wI/AAAAAAAAAuI/cYrGtsgD3s0/s1600/IMG_1521.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-42ErucRcQKc/TfaMYu18_wI/AAAAAAAAAuI/cYrGtsgD3s0/s320/IMG_1521.JPG" width="240" /></a></div> In the center<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--sijyH4yZKk/TfaMb9irPXI/AAAAAAAAAuM/GG_4rj1fFws/s1600/IMG_1526.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--sijyH4yZKk/TfaMb9irPXI/AAAAAAAAAuM/GG_4rj1fFws/s320/IMG_1526.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Box located to the left of the alter<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UkX60p5WgLA/TfaMfhZ08aI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/kuZ6CHYrnpo/s1600/IMG_1538.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UkX60p5WgLA/TfaMfhZ08aI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/kuZ6CHYrnpo/s320/IMG_1538.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> This is the wishing stone, located on a interior pillar of the building. Thousands of people have worn away at this stone asking for their wishes to come true. You place your thumb inside and spin your hand around while asking for a wish. It is so smooth and worn down and their is a line to get near it.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T_TahwsCJsQ/TfaMixvbRVI/AAAAAAAAAuU/fAaequ5asSg/s1600/IMG_1547.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T_TahwsCJsQ/TfaMixvbRVI/AAAAAAAAAuU/fAaequ5asSg/s320/IMG_1547.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Look at this amazing building! The bar you see is one of the many supporting stuctures holding the Hagia Sophia together. I honestly cant believe people thousands of years ago built this and painted such intricate and majestic art on these walls.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Jn3Kt6VGzms/TfaMq8fLB4I/AAAAAAAAAuc/v6ZaSCxzUYg/s1600/IMG_1555.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Jn3Kt6VGzms/TfaMq8fLB4I/AAAAAAAAAuc/v6ZaSCxzUYg/s320/IMG_1555.JPG" width="240" /></a></div> View from the upper level of the Hagia Sophia looking down towards the alter. You get to the upper level by walking up a steep incline made from cut stone, which is slick and uneven! Its a definite butt workout!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e1xUDodO5Zk/TfaMu6sGPnI/AAAAAAAAAug/0Pr1MZmis4k/s1600/IMG_1556.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e1xUDodO5Zk/TfaMu6sGPnI/AAAAAAAAAug/0Pr1MZmis4k/s320/IMG_1556.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Christian Art<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nGVEef1wqEk/TfaMzS9zbvI/AAAAAAAAAuk/8sSgfSgPU8Y/s1600/IMG_1566.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nGVEef1wqEk/TfaMzS9zbvI/AAAAAAAAAuk/8sSgfSgPU8Y/s320/IMG_1566.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Another wall mural<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">TURKEY Lessons I've learned so far:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- You cant flush toilet paper down the drain anywhere because the septic systems are so bad. I am having a really hard time remembering this ... Sorry Turkey for my toilet paper contribution, I'm still learning!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- Bathrooms are sometimes free but mostly are about 1,00 Lira. Sometimes they are just holes in the ground and sometimes have toilet paper.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- Cats OWN this place!! They are everywhere!!! Dogs too, but mostly cats have free reign of every city. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- People drive like maniacs! The streets here are very,very narrow, and sometimes very non linear but that does not stop a huge bus from speeding down the street. They don't stop either and wouldn't really care if they were to run over your foot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- If you are someone's guest they are extremely hospitable and make sure you are comfortable and will provide you with anything you might be lacking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love it here! It is an amazing country, but defiantly not home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><3 M</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div>Marisol Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04767740920349521096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867377789106642586.post-46651008014146706912011-06-12T17:12:00.001-07:002011-06-13T12:24:18.606-07:00Traveling to TurkeyWow. Its been a very hectic three days. We have been going and going and going and trying to get sleep here and there when we can.<br />
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After buying my Turkish visa I saw poll boxes for the Turkish citizens. We arrived in Turkey during a political presidential election, so that's why they were encouraging voting (since Turkey is a democratic society) at the airport. Also, another interesting fact is that they make consumption of alcohol illegal 24 hrs prior to the presidential election. So, on Sunday 6- 12-2011 most people do the voting and cannot drink alcohol and on 6-13-2011, the new president is elected.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We then boarded a bus to the Hotel Turkuaz which was a home built by a Sultan (at some point it was renovated,but it was mostly kept in tact) is now run by a very sweet Turkish woman. The rooms were ornate and comfortable and all of us were thrilled about having air conditioning, which is a luxury!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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We then went and walked around the central part of the town where the Blue Mosque and the Haj Sophia are built.<br />
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</div> It was beautiful! We ate at a local "fast food" restaurant. I shared a vegetarian meal with Rich. It was so good, it consisted of Hummus, grape leaves with some kind of wild rice, and a mixed vegetable dish.<br />
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We walked around a bit and heard the evening Muslim prayers that were projected through speakers resonating through the city. (video soon)<br />
The street vendors remind me of people in Mexico, they work for their money and are really good at getting you (or tricking you ) into buy things.<br />
The ice cream salesmen put on shows for people and play tricks on you before you buy your ice cream. Some of my travel buddies got ice cream and the man basically made me buy ice cream I didn't originally want. After a bit of peer pressure I caved in. It was a fun experience. You defiantly pay more for the show than the ice cream because it ended up being 7,50 lira. Which is pricey. It was some mix of strawberry, chocolate and vanilla with chocolate drizzle and pistachios (which they put on almost every sweet treat). It was strange, it tasted really gooey like it was a mix of milk and gelatin.Hopefully soon I can get the video uploaded.<br />
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Then after sitting on planes for hours on end we finally got to sleep on a bed! Sleep was so sweet!<br />
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