{"id":524,"date":"2011-11-29T10:47:35","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T15:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dinkel.us\/?p=524"},"modified":"2012-05-02T09:36:41","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T13:36:41","slug":"istanbul-day-3-ayasofya-and-the-islamic-art-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/?p=524","title":{"rendered":"Istanbul – Day 3 – Ayasofya and the Islamic Art Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dome of Ayasofya<\/p><\/div>\n

At this point in the trip, I am suffering from a serious case of Stendahl’s syndrome and my senses are overloaded.\u00a0\u00a0 I visited the Hagia Sophia today and the Islamic Art Museum.\u00a0 The Hagia Sophia is a place I have been wanting to see for over 20 years; even since taking an Intro to Art class at the University of Pittsburgh.\u00a0 I guess I have prof. David Wilkins to thank for all of this traveling–he let me into his over-booked intro class (even though I was an Econ major) and I was hooked.\u00a0 The next semester I took his Italian Renaissance class and I have since traveled to see most of the things he taught me about in both of those classes.<\/p>\n

I followed that up with some serious shopping; so much that I am not sure they are going to let me on the plane tomorrow.\u00a0 I have seen some amazing carpets and iznik pottery–I would be dangerous if I actually had money to burn.<\/p>\n

Now that I have bored you to tears, I will share what might be my last set of photos.\u00a0 Not my best, for sure, but my concentration and what little creativity I have are beginning to wan.<\/p>\n