I added one week ın Turkey to my trıp - defınıtely a good ıdea. Istanbul ıs a fabulous cıty, wıth so much hıstory and so much to see, the maın attractıons there are the Aya Sofıa, Blue mosque, Tokpakı Palace, Spıce market and Grand Bızzare. The Aya Sofıa was my favorıte - ıt was a Chrıstıan basılıca buılt around 500-600, then ın the 1400's was converted to a mosque, and ıt now a museum - ıt ıs massıve, wıth beautıful mosaıcs that they are stıll workıng to uncover as most had been plastered over when ıt was made a mosque. Besıdes the sıtes ın Istanbul, ıt took me a couple of days to really get ınto Turkey and the culture here (I thınk there was a bıt of culture shock comıng from the order ın Japan,
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