Here lies some further adventures of Paul and Amber in Turkey Shmurkey.
Did you know the Turkish flag represents the reflection of the crescent moon in a pool of blood during the war of salvation? Each man who is a resident of Turkey must serve in the military, Making it one of the most dominant militaries in the world. Don't mess with Turkey!!!!!!









Paul infront of Istanbul Modern Museum. Their current exhibit is of Andreas Gursky, he is selling a Formula1 photoshopped photo for $3 million. Unfortunately, we weren't allowed to have our cameras out, but we snuck a couple pics.

You can see it on istanbulmodern.org











The library of the bottom floor was covered in books from ground to ceiling. It was so beautiful. Photo taken inside the purse.

















Kids section.












Forbidden Zone of Dolma Bahce. More photos to come from here. The guards don't smile, don't blink and don't even breath.












Inside the Metro. Paul was recording very non-chalantly with his mic in his hand. These girls were very excited to be recordered. They played a very old Turkish classical song, which you may all hear some time in the future.












On a Wednesday, Suada. People are trying to get their last days of vacation in the sun here at the island. This is where Cengiz, Amber's father, works.
Drink Prices:
Soda 10 YTL
Soda w/alcohol 20
Frozens 25 YTL
Water 5 YTL $1 is 1.3 YTL









We do not know this man.












We were lucky to find a Pirate DVD store by the Metro center. We had been looking for a very long time. We snuck this one in when the salesman walked away for a moment. A police officer walked in while we were in there to grab a seat for himself, we were surprised and not so surprised.










A resort by the Black Sea. It looks like its from another planet with the umbrellas. Over 500,000 years ago the Mediteranean Sea clapsed with a fresh water lake and created the Black Sea. All the fresh water fished died and sunk the the bottom of the sea, hence its name. The evaporation of water has caused the volume of salt to increase, making it one of the saltiest bodies of water. Its depth is unknown.









Backgammon is the equivalent of Chess here. Cengiz (Amber's dad), Paul and Mustafa.












Muslim is a name of a Turkish singer who sings Arabesque songs.















Difference of classes. It is about 2.50 -3 YTL for one liter, which means anywhere between $100-150 to fill up a tank each time. This boy is selling tissues.








We are going on a vacation to Cappadocia. We will be gone for 3 days and will return with many photos. If you have any comments or questions or want to say hi:
aisbilen@hotmail.com
or pheimy@netscape.net