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Blown Glass & St. Pierre

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May 19th 2012
My day began with a short and odd trip to the Synagoge. Apparently there was a miscommunication and the person I thought would meet me there did not show. Shrugging it off I walked toward the St. Pierre. IPOD in ears and water bottle close I started the roughly 2 mile hike. Along the way I found an odd blown glass museum. The bottles were supposed to keep the holy water from the pilgrimage si ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Mediterranean » Antakya

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Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more