Miniaturk!

Miniaturk was quite the place. We all managed to get in as students. Hooray! The prices are interesting. A regular ticket is 5 TL, a student is 3, but a tourist is 10! So we saved quite a bit proving we're not foreign.
Most people took a couple of hours to wander through. There were sites from all over Turkey, specifically in Istanbul, and Ottoman sites that aren't located in modern Turkey. Blase, Carly, and I took close to four hours exploring. Imagine, if you will, all the tourist destinations you've so enjoyed as waist-high models all conveniently located in one park. It was hard to squelch the urge to pull a Calvin and imagine myself as a dinosaur/monster attacking the peaceful Galatasaray High School... but willpower prevailed and I didn't destroy anything.

This is the church in Taksim that Carly, Mattie, and I like so much.

The Blue Mosque with it's extensive gardens and the Bosphorus Bridge in the background.

The airport! Haha!

Pamukkale, the calcium cliffs I visited during the first tour.

Aspendos, where we performed our play.

Cool, eh? There were so many, but I won't bore you with my 300+ photos.. you can just visit me and go yourself!

Love,
Maeghan