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welome sleepinlove to the forum..... so, what have you done today? I was invited to a lunch with my classmates. Finally met my friend Red's wife Aafka. They live in a canal house, very lovely. I also went to the library and borrowed out a book by Paulo Coelho. I just finished another book of his and now on to the third. I'm into beng reading right now of particular authors. I started with Paul Auster, now Paulo Coelho, next will probably be Irvine.

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diana, Josine, and Astrid...super girls we met on the this trip.
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chris and nicole
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the water taxi driver, a very nice man.
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interiors of mosque
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me and isznik tiles
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we saw so many beautiful isznik tiles in mosques and museums
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fort
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entry to mosque
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musicians
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musicians inside the restaurant "Cennet".
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anna at the fort where the ottoman empire began.
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walking thru the bazaar
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istanbul streets.
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we took a water taxi back to our hotel.
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at a fort, on top of a wall that runs 7 kilometers along the west side of Istanbul.
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anna getting a puff
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saskia, enjoying her pipe.
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me chillin after a long day of walking. The green garden outside our hotel was a nightly chill out point. apple tea and strawberry tobacco. and playing cards.
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jonathan, a pro at the water pipe
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smoking a water pipe in a garden
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looks like a horror film clip.
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Basilica-Cisterne, near the Aya Sofya (Hagia Sophia). is an underground chamber where the rain water was collected and stored for future use.
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Anna and I joined a study trip with"LKV". a art history student union from Leiden. Here you can see the group listening to Elizabeth, our Islamic architecture expert/professor.
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The weather was perfect.
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The Blue Mosque in Istanbul directly across from the Ayasofia
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Brett and Jen visiting Amsterdam. We were able to meet the night before my Istanbul trip.
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Sunday Trip to Artis, Amsterdam Zoo

Anna and I visited the zoo this sunday. Though we were blessed by good weather, the animals did not seem very happy. This particular zoo is very old fashioned. It has a feeling of a small "gezellig" cozy park.