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Topkapi Palace

June 4th 2012
Last day in Istanbul today. Went to Topkapi Palace, which was the absolutely massive home of the Ottoman Sultans. It's actually the largest palace in the world! I went through the famous Harem, where the Sultan lived with his concubines and eunuchs. Then basically just wandered around. Mostly it's just a very beautiful place in a very beautiful setting... it sits on top of a mountain that ... read more
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The best places aren't on any maps. - Herman Melville At the end of all of our exploration we will arrive back at the beginning and know that place for the very first time. - T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to confront only the essential facts of life, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not truly lived. - Henry David Thoreau, Walden... full info
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