{"id":262,"date":"2015-05-22T18:41:53","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T18:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maltesefalcon.ca\/en\/?page_id=262"},"modified":"2015-05-22T18:41:53","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T18:41:53","slug":"2012-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.maltesefalcon.ca\/en\/2012-istanbul\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">On the way back to the boat from Canada with our grandson Tate, we stopped for a few days in Istanbul Turkey where we visited the major attractions.\u00a0Tate will be with us for four months before heading back to Canada from Malta. So this is his odessey and this will make a major part of his education.<br \/>\nThese pictures\u00a0on this page are of places we have been visiting while Tate is with us.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maltesefalcon.ca\/images\/uploaded\/Tate%20in%20Istanbul%20at%20Topkapi%20685015.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Topkapi Palace now a museum with a collection of priceless jewels and the lavishly decorated harem.<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maltesefalcon.ca\/images\/uploaded\/Hagia%20Sophia%206849.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">This is the most impressive monument in Istanbul the Hagia Sophia<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maltesefalcon.ca\/images\/uploaded\/Tate%20in%20Istanbul%20at%20Hagia%20Sophia%20678501.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">This urn in the Hagia Sophia was carved by hand from one solid piece of marble<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maltesefalcon.ca\/images\/uploaded\/Tate%20in%20Istanbul%20Grand%20Bazaar%2000106.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">This is The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, the oldest bazaar in the world<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maltesefalcon.ca\/images\/uploaded\/Tate%20in%20Istanbul%20at%20The%20Spice%20Bazaar%20IMG_691610.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;\">The Turkish cheese counter one of many at the Spice Bazaar <\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maltesefalcon.ca\/images\/uploaded\/Tate%20in%20Istanbul%20an%20evening%20at%20the%20folklore%20dinner%20671108.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">The Wirling Dervish this is an old cult that re-emerged recently.<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the way back to the boat from Canada with our grandson Tate, we stopped for a few days in Istanbul Turkey where we visited the major attractions.\u00a0Tate will be with us for four months before heading back to Canada from Malta. So this is his odessey and this will make a major part of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maltesefalcon.ca\/en\/2012-istanbul\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2012 Istanbul<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-262","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.maltesefalcon.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.maltesefalcon.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.maltesefalcon.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.maltesefalcon.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.maltesefalcon.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.maltesefalcon.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":263,"href":"http:\/\/www.maltesefalcon.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262\/revisions\/263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.maltesefalcon.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}