Anyone ever been to Istanbul before?

[venditto]

Booked early January let's see

 

[keithrichard]

Why there?

Probably family there? Children etc .

 

[BMR Genie]

I was reading this thread last night and I was laughing at the responses. Responses are full of humorous minds.

 

[venditto]

I was reading this thread last night and I was laughing at the responses. Responses are full of humorous minds.

Let's try not to give me another infraction today bossman

 

[BMR Genie]

I have, on my way to Odessa, Ukraine back in 2018. I wrote in Illini's Vietnam thread about it.

Definitely go to the Sultan Ahmet complex which is right next to Hagia Sophia. It was constructed between 532 and 537 ADE and was the largest cathedral in the world for almost 1000 years.

But the really freaky place is the Sultan Ahmet complex. Illini mentioned in his thread about the killing fields of Cambodia. You mentioned about visiting Turkey so I posted the following:

in the Sultan Ahmet complex there are mosques filled with coffins. Large coffins, small coffins, really small coffins. In case anyone wondered, when a sultan died, his oldest son would kill all his own brothers and their whole families so as to remove any potential claim for the role of being sultan. So those little coffins were the coffins of the oldest son's brother's children.

Here is what one of the places looks like:
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Thank you for sharing, Quantum. This really blows my mind, imagine being greedy for power that you decided to kill your family.

 

[BMR Genie]

Let's try not to give me another infraction today bossman

LOL, I know you are aware of what you posted last Sunday.

Only good vibes today, Venditto.

 

[venditto]

Thank you for sharing, Quantum. This really blows my mind, imagine being greedy for power that you decided to kill your family.

There's many cases of this happening. I watched documentaries of the Romanov Dynasty that ruled present day Russia until like 100-150 years ago and they were in power for a long time. Non stop betrayal and alleged poisonings of family members to get on the thrown. Humans lust for power its embedded in a lot of us.

 

[JDS]

LOL, I know you are aware of what you posted last Sunday.

Only good vibes today, Venditto.

Genie will always keeping it “real“ & ”classy”.

 

[BMR Genie]

There's many cases of this happening. I watched documentaries of the Romanov Dynasty that ruled present day Russia until like 100-150 years ago and they were in power for a long time. Non stop betrayal and alleged poisonings of family members to get on the thrown. Humans lust for power its embedded in a lot of us.

Well said.

I started watching "Outlander" last night and I'm just very thankful I am not born during those times when power is the main thing. I'm loving the history part of the series.

 

[venditto]

Well said.

I started watching "Outlander" last night and I'm just very thankful I am not born during those times when power is the main thing. I'm loving the history part of the series.

Human behavior and history can be very fascinating

 

[BMR Genie]

Human behavior and history can be very fascinating

Have you ever dreamed of becoming a history teacher? or a person who travels the world to study the history of life, I am not sure what is the exact term for that.

 

[venditto]

Have you ever dreamed of becoming a history teacher? or a person who travels the world to study the history of life, I am not sure what is the exact term for that.

I mean I enjoy going to different places to explore different cultures but teaching other people lol no maybe you mean being like a youtube vlogger sharing experiences.

 

[mralar16]

Food in Istanbul is o-u-t-s-t-a-n-d-i-n-g

And Rose flavoured Turkish Delight just makes me hungry thinking about it now, 5 years after I last had a bite

 

[BMR Genie]

I mean I enjoy going to different places to explore different cultures but teaching other people lol no maybe you mean being like a youtube vlogger sharing experiences.

I hope you continue to do this, especially since you're still young.

No no, not as a vlogger, but more like a historian.

 

[venditto]

I hope you continue to do this, especially since you're still young.

No no, not as a vlogger, but more like a historian.

Historian what the...

 

[BMR Genie]

Food in Istanbul is o-u-t-s-t-a-n-d-i-n-g

And Rose flavoured Turkish Delight just makes me hungry thinking about it now, 5 years after I last had a bite

Looks like a great experience, Mralar.

Did you go there for vacation? What advice you can give to @venditto in case he will really goes there?