Istanbul Archaeological Museum

I visited the Istanbul Archaeological Museum yesterday. Even though some important sections were closed owing to a major seismic retrofitting campaign there was still a lot of magnificent stuff to see. They let you take photos without flash, which is nice, so I’ll have to work on a gallery of images which I’ll post in a couple of days. Istanbul is cool these days. Yesterday there was a bit of rain. Today I’ll go to Hagia Sophia. No matter how many times I come here I’m always happy to see that place, one of the world’s true wonders. Then Thursday off to northern Cyprus for ten days before heading off with my backpack to eastern Turkey. Don’t worry, not that part of eastern Turkey. I’m off to see Armenian architecture, which is in the north, far from the Syrian border.