Comments on: Turkish Delight!

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:53:28 +0000

Wow, looks like a lot of fun!! Those locoms? Locoms, look really cool!!
Thanks for sharing,
Jess : )

By: zoe

zoe — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:33:59 +0000

Hi GretchenJoanna,

Thanks for visiting! Zoë

By: GretchenJoanna

GretchenJoanna — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 06:07:38 +0000

It’s been decades since I was in Turkey, where I was first an exchange student, and then visited once later for a few months. Yours is definitely the best and richest travelogue I’ve seen since then, showing so many of my favorite foods and sights. I tried to get the amazing Turkish ice cream again on my second trip, but in December and the shops were closed down….
I came to your blog on the tip of Pinch my Salt, for the caramel apple pear cake, but when I saw the Turkey blogs, I had to stay longer.

By: Darina

Darina — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:28:23 +0000

Oooh I loved Turkey when I visited there several years ago. And I have a thing for Turkish Delight, which is a little weird. I agree; you can’t compare it to, say, a homemade profiterole, yet you can’t stop eating it. Thank you for sharing your lovely photos.

By: Laura Carr

Laura Carr — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:35:21 +0000

That is the best video, ever.

Yes, I am hooked! Living vicariously through your lens and words. And, I have to say, those are the cutest boys! I am so impress with all of yours (??) stamina! Wow.

Thank you for sharing with us!

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:11:54 +0000

The ice cream video made me laugh out loud. Thanks so much for sharing your travels and your pictures. So amazing!

By: zoe

zoe — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:55:14 +0000

Hi Patricia,

I remember visiting the chapel years ago and reading that it was based on the Hagia Sophia. I am so excited to see it again having visited Istanbul.

Thank you for the reminder! Zoë

By: Patricia

Patricia — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:56:07 +0000

Zoe, Remarkable that you should be showing photos of the Hagia Sophia, I was just going to look it up because I was photographing inside the Lakewood Chapel on Friday and can’t get enough of it’s beauty. It is modeled after the Hagia Sophia! So when you return home to Minneapolis you can visit your own Hagia Sophia. Read it here: http://www.lakewoodcemetery.com/History_Chapel.html
“The Memorial Chapel at Lakewood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and serves as the architectural focal point of the cemetery. The building was designed by prominent Minneapolis architect Harry Wild Jones and was modeled after the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey.”
Love to see more of your images too. Thanks for taking us along. Aside from the food making me crazy hungry, the boys are over the top sweet to see.

By: Lora

Lora — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:58:20 +0000

I ❤ Istanbul. Lovely photos.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:24:18 +0000

I haven’t been there, but my parents made 2 trips to Turkey. They really loved it there. Like you, my parents couldn’t pass by the vendors with the simit.