<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208414318184723627</id><updated>2012-02-16T09:00:05.158+01:00</updated><title type='text'>TrAAvel</title><subtitle type='html'>Photos from my journeys.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://traavel.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208414318184723627/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://traavel.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Adam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06957125264250975116</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RZqlddQEM7I/AAAAAAAAADY/f89D6yfV_WE/s320/PICT0097.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208414318184723627.post-3584603725924220496</id><published>2008-01-21T19:41:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2008-01-21T20:13:00.933+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Two Sides of the Wall</title><content type='html'>I spent Christmas 2007 in Israel and Palestine. This is the part of the world where you can  encounter the largest constrasts, both geographical and social ones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Jerusalem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5TnzaZA2mI/AAAAAAAAAFs/vdB-m3vBp7w/s1600-h/israel.2007.04.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5TnzaZA2mI/AAAAAAAAAFs/vdB-m3vBp7w/s320/israel.2007.04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158002343689640546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;The Temple Mount with the lamentation Wall and the Dome of the Rock above. Yeah, everyone saw it on TV.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Betlehem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5TnjaZA2jI/AAAAAAAAAFU/WnAv5HwW3_4/s1600-h/israel.2007.01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5TnjaZA2jI/AAAAAAAAAFU/WnAv5HwW3_4/s320/israel.2007.01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158002068811733554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;A street in Betlehem cut by the wall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5TnvKZA2lI/AAAAAAAAAFk/gjnY-PbcR0U/s1600-h/israel.2007.03.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5TnvKZA2lI/AAAAAAAAAFk/gjnY-PbcR0U/s320/israel.2007.03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158002270675196498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5TnzaZA2mI/AAAAAAAAAFs/vdB-m3vBp7w/s1600-h/israel.2007.04.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5TnpKZA2kI/AAAAAAAAAFc/ek0HVBPrs3o/s1600-h/israel.2007.02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5TnpKZA2kI/AAAAAAAAAFc/ek0HVBPrs3o/s320/israel.2007.02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158002167595981378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Graffitis on the wall in Betlehem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dead Sea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5ToO6ZA2rI/AAAAAAAAAGU/RDziDg4x__0/s1600-h/israel.2007.09.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5ToO6ZA2rI/AAAAAAAAAGU/RDziDg4x__0/s320/israel.2007.09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158002816136043186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Salty rocks at the bank of the Dead Sea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5ToR6ZA2sI/AAAAAAAAAGc/ToDxD8p-fJM/s1600-h/israel.2007.10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5ToR6ZA2sI/AAAAAAAAAGc/ToDxD8p-fJM/s320/israel.2007.10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158002867675650754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Massada, the legendary Jewish fortress from the Roman times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Jericho&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5TobaZA2uI/AAAAAAAAAGs/pfTfXFPrRW4/s1600-h/israel.2007.12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5TobaZA2uI/AAAAAAAAAGs/pfTfXFPrRW4/s320/israel.2007.12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158003030884408034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;A monastery on the side of the Mount of Tempation. In foreground, a cable car, one of the last tourist facilities in the Palestinian territories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Neguev&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5Tn-6ZA2oI/AAAAAAAAAF8/MUdDbY75XEk/s1600-h/israel.2007.06.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5Tn-6ZA2oI/AAAAAAAAAF8/MUdDbY75XEk/s320/israel.2007.06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158002541258136194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5Tn6KZA2nI/AAAAAAAAAF0/Zlj1E6ll3jo/s1600-h/israel.2007.05.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5Tn6KZA2nI/AAAAAAAAAF0/Zlj1E6ll3jo/s320/israel.2007.05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158002459653757554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;The Martian landscape of the Makhtesh Ramon crater.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Akko&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5ToFaZA2pI/AAAAAAAAAGE/9mmzinhp5PQ/s1600-h/israel.2007.07.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5ToFaZA2pI/AAAAAAAAAGE/9mmzinhp5PQ/s320/israel.2007.07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158002652927285906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Sunset in Akko, the last stronghold of the crusaders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Haifa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5ToKqZA2qI/AAAAAAAAAGM/dDsLlwLk7Ck/s1600-h/israel.2007.08.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5ToKqZA2qI/AAAAAAAAAGM/dDsLlwLk7Ck/s320/israel.2007.08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158002743121599138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Bye Israel: a view on the Mediterranean Sea from the Mount Carmel in Haifa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208414318184723627-3584603725924220496?l=traavel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://traavel.blogspot.com/feeds/3584603725924220496/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208414318184723627&amp;postID=3584603725924220496' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208414318184723627/posts/default/3584603725924220496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208414318184723627/posts/default/3584603725924220496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://traavel.blogspot.com/2008/01/two-sides-of-wall.html' title='Two Sides of the Wall'/><author><name>Adam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06957125264250975116</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RZqlddQEM7I/AAAAAAAAADY/f89D6yfV_WE/s320/PICT0097.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/R5TnzaZA2mI/AAAAAAAAAFs/vdB-m3vBp7w/s72-c/israel.2007.04.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3208414318184723627.post-7517770530646565821</id><published>2007-01-02T18:13:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-01-21T21:48:39.708+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Turkey</title><content type='html'>In order to escape Christmas in Europe I visited  Turkey between 24.12.2006  and 01.01.2007.&lt;br /&gt;Eight days is not much, so i went a pretty standard route through the main guidebook attraction:&lt;br /&gt;Istanbul -&gt; Ephesus -&gt; Pamukkale -&gt; Cappadocia -&gt; Ankara -&gt; Istanbul.&lt;br /&gt;Next time I hope to  get off a beaten track...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;Istanbul&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RZqe_NQEM3I/AAAAAAAAACg/Pl7JSNatjqQ/s1600-h/turkey.2006.001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RZqe_NQEM3I/AAAAAAAAACg/Pl7JSNatjqQ/s320/turkey.2006.001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5015495943756460914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My first encounter  with old Instanbul: the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Blue Mosque &lt;/span&gt;after sunset.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RZqfttQEM4I/AAAAAAAAACo/jRAOUa4TEJQ/s1600-h/turkey.2006.178.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RZqfttQEM4I/AAAAAAAAACo/jRAOUa4TEJQ/s320/turkey.2006.178.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5015496742620377986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The same mosque at daylight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RaQnStXceLI/AAAAAAAAADk/xuN5vPr-oJc/s1600-h/turkey.2006.033.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RaQnStXceLI/AAAAAAAAADk/xuN5vPr-oJc/s320/turkey.2006.033.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5018179087166634162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Basilica Cistern.&lt;/span&gt;  A big underground watertank from the Byzantine times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RaQoC9XceMI/AAAAAAAAADs/UWio4cpGzPs/s1600-h/turkey.2006.191.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RaQoC9XceMI/AAAAAAAAADs/UWio4cpGzPs/s320/turkey.2006.191.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5018179916095322306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Haydarpasha&lt;/span&gt; ferry station. Funny contrast with the german architecture of the train station in the background.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Ephesus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RaQpvdXceNI/AAAAAAAAAD0/VU52b_TodzI/s1600-h/turkey.2006.040.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RaQpvdXceNI/AAAAAAAAAD0/VU52b_TodzI/s320/turkey.2006.040.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5018181780111128786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A street in the ancient city of &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ephesus&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RaQqbtXceOI/AAAAAAAAAEI/iEcGaocUxzk/s1600-h/turkey.2006.082.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RaQqbtXceOI/AAAAAAAAAEI/iEcGaocUxzk/s320/turkey.2006.082.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5018182540320340194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scaring Artemis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RZqgHNQEM5I/AAAAAAAAACw/lLHDu1S1l-g/s1600-h/turkey.2006.085.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RZqgHNQEM5I/AAAAAAAAACw/lLHDu1S1l-g/s320/turkey.2006.085.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5015497180707042194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;To balance the femine parts, a figure of Priap.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RZqXfNQEMyI/AAAAAAAAABs/X0Ljq7njF2M/s1600-h/turkey.2006.053.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RZqXfNQEMyI/AAAAAAAAABs/X0Ljq7njF2M/s320/turkey.2006.053.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5015487697419252514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Celsus library in &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ephesus&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                                                                                         &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;Pamukkale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RZqdzNQEM1I/AAAAAAAAACQ/ZVSnUcM2wSE/s1600-h/turkey.2006.099.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RZqdzNQEM1I/AAAAAAAAACQ/ZVSnUcM2wSE/s320/turkey.2006.099.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5015494638086402898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;People walking barefoot in snow.&lt;br /&gt;Seriously, it's a shallow pool of hot water on a white rock.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RZqYE9QEM0I/AAAAAAAAAB8/1basUG3BfFw/s1600-h/turkey.2006.095.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RZqYE9QEM0I/AAAAAAAAAB8/1basUG3BfFw/s320/turkey.2006.095.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5015488345959314242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Travertine pools&lt;/span&gt; in their full glory.&lt;br /&gt;The bassins were created by hot mineral water flowing down the slope.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RaQrGNXcePI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/mYRBPLVKMKg/s1600-h/turkey.2006.094.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RaQrGNXcePI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/mYRBPLVKMKg/s320/turkey.2006.094.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5018183270464780530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Believe it or not, this is not snow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;Cappadocia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RZqXw9QEMzI/AAAAAAAAAB0/Dhqdp5e-fl8/s1600-h/turkey.2006.133.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RZqXw9QEMzI/AAAAAAAAAB0/Dhqdp5e-fl8/s320/turkey.2006.133.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5015488002361930546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Fairy-tale rocks in &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Cappadocia&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RaQsXdXceRI/AAAAAAAAAEg/hv_69NmOItY/s1600-h/turkey.2006.134.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RaQsXdXceRI/AAAAAAAAAEg/hv_69NmOItY/s320/turkey.2006.134.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5018184666329151762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Particular rock formations in &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Love Valley&lt;/span&gt; near &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Göreme&lt;/span&gt;. Depending on the gender, people  perceive them as  giant mushrooms or giant male organs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RZqWgtQEMwI/AAAAAAAAAA8/hKNQoDR2mmI/s1600-h/turkey.2006.140.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RZqWgtQEMwI/AAAAAAAAAA8/hKNQoDR2mmI/s320/turkey.2006.140.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5015486623677428482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;More landscape. This time the white is the snow (the temperature in Cappadocia went down to -15 Celsius at night).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RaQrgNXceQI/AAAAAAAAAEY/JlLRx2wDXSk/s1600-h/turkey.2006.119.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RaQrgNXceQI/AAAAAAAAAEY/JlLRx2wDXSk/s320/turkey.2006.119.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5018183717141379330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A church in rock near &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Göreme&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RaQs59XceTI/AAAAAAAAAEw/jxhkxXZ6vX8/s1600-h/turkey.2006.166.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RaQs59XceTI/AAAAAAAAAEw/jxhkxXZ6vX8/s320/turkey.2006.166.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5018185259034638642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A castle in rock in &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nevshehir&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RaQsrdXceSI/AAAAAAAAAEo/NUAM18FrrW8/s1600-h/turkey.2006.176.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RaQsrdXceSI/AAAAAAAAAEo/NUAM18FrrW8/s320/turkey.2006.176.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5018185009926535458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My shadow.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3208414318184723627-7517770530646565821?l=traavel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://traavel.blogspot.com/feeds/7517770530646565821/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3208414318184723627&amp;postID=7517770530646565821' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208414318184723627/posts/default/7517770530646565821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3208414318184723627/posts/default/7517770530646565821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://traavel.blogspot.com/2007/01/blue-mosque-upon-arrival-to-istanbul.html' title='Cold Turkey'/><author><name>Adam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06957125264250975116</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RZqlddQEM7I/AAAAAAAAADY/f89D6yfV_WE/s320/PICT0097.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RExqf9Xt1eA/RZqe_NQEM3I/AAAAAAAAACg/Pl7JSNatjqQ/s72-c/turkey.2006.001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
