Travel to Turkey

[Arthur Winner]

Originally Posted by odyocu

Arthur,

An advance note:

You have to visit the "Kofteci Osman" for your lunch. Then you may have some idea from my Edirne album where the location names are given, but the rest is in Turkish.
Gallery enter my name "Seyhun", and the first album is Edirne. Taken with M8. In Edirne, I advise a guided tour, because there are so many things involved in that small city, but which was once among the most important places in the Ottoman history.

Seyhun

Thanks Seyhun, very helpful and much appreciated. Do you have an address for Kofteci Osman and is it easy to find?
Art

[stunsworth]

If you go to Ephesus you _must_ go to the museum in the nearest town to it Selcuk. Possibly the most pleasant small museum I've been to - there are also some nice places to eat in the town.

Ephesus will probably be very, very, hot - the sun reflecting off the marble can be intense. So make sure you have lots to drink before you go - at least now you can buy drinks inside the site, that wasn't always the case.

[wilfredo]

Originally Posted by storybrown

Wilfredo -- when you say "Pacifca Institute," do you mean the Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara (or Montecito or thereabouts)? I know some of the core facullty there, as it happens. How large is your Turkey group?

It is a different Pacifica Institute. Visit: PACIFICA INSTITUTE for more information. As it turns out my only good day to meet will be Thursday June 12. I hope I can meet some of the Leica tribe.

Cheers,
Wilfredo
Benitez-Rivera Photography

[erg]

Originally Posted by wilfredo

It is a different Pacifica Institute. Visit: PACIFICA INSTITUTE for more information. As it turns out my only good day to meet will be Thursday June 12. I hope I can meet some of the Leica tribe.

Cheers,
Wilfredo
Benitez-Rivera Photography

Wilfredo,

you got a personal message.

Best,

Erg

[odyocu]

Originally Posted by Arthur Winner

Thanks Seyhun, very helpful and much appreciated. Do you have an address for Kofteci Osman and is it easy to find?
Art

It is right across the Selimiye Mosque. Everyone will know it. I wonder if you know what "kofte" is though. It's grilled minced meat balls (beef in the case of Osman, but usually a mixture of beef and lamb, generally in other parts of Turkey).

Seyhun

[vieri]

Originally Posted by wilfredo

It is a different Pacifica Institute. Visit: PACIFICA INSTITUTE for more information. As it turns out my only good day to meet will be Thursday June 12. I hope I can meet some of the Leica tribe.

Cheers,
Wilfredo
Benitez-Rivera Photography

Late afternoon on the 12th would work for me

[odyocu]

Originally Posted by vieri

Late afternoon on the 12th would work for me

Late afternoon 12 th is fine. Vieri, name the place then, as you seem to know better than me.. (and exact hour maybe!)

Seyhun

[vieri]

Originally Posted by odyocu

Late afternoon 12 th is fine. Vieri, name the place then, as you seem to know better than me.. (and exact hour maybe!)

Seyhun

I am not sure about knowing better than you however, how about meeting in Taksim Square (maybe in front of The Marmara Hotel) at around 17.30-18?

[semrich]

Originally Posted by vieri

I am not sure about knowing better than you however, how about meeting in Taksim Square (maybe in front of The Marmara Hotel) at around 17.30-18?

This works for me also.

[odyocu]

Suits me fine. I'll have the m8 with me for identification.

Seyhun

[odyocu]

Is anyone coming?

[erg]

Wilfredo,

you got another personal message.

Best,

Erg

[odyocu]

I won't be able to make it on the 12th.