Istanbul

Day 7: Lets do ALL the things!
The day started early with us heading down to breakfast and then right out to visit the Hagia Sophia. The previous day we had stopped at the front desk to check dressing requirements for visiting mosques since we’d seen conflicting info. The employee behind the desk said that we didn’t need anything special to visit the Blue Mosque, and that K didn’t need to cover her head (false) and we could wear shorts (also false), and that there were no issues with women showing bare shoulders (so much false!). We took his advice with cation and both wore jeans and K made sure she was dressed very modestly (basically avoiding anything with shoulder straps). Continue reading “Istanbul”

Travel

Off To Istanbul

I know this is late, but better late than never, right? I’ll be posting the rest of this trip and our Portland/Seattle trip in the near future and then moving on to our most recent trip to Hanoi and Bali.

Day 5: Last Day in Athens

Waking up on our last day in Athens, we set out to explore in more detail some of the sites we’d passed by on our tour the first day. On our short list was the Acropolis and Parthenon, Acropolis museum, Temple of Hephaestus, and the Ancient Agora. Continue reading “Off To Istanbul”