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Travelogues => Travel Diaries => Topic started by: Jack Dahlgren on June 15, 2017, 04:15:23

Title: A short trip up the Bosphorus
Post by: Jack Dahlgren on June 15, 2017, 04:15:23
One of my fondest memories of Istanbul was of an afternoon I took a boat trip up the Bosphorus.

At the dock, we cast off:
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Leaving the city behind:
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As always, tea is served:
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Past ancient fortifications:
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And riverside homes:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4222/35184410981_e311fc0421_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VB8izx)DFJ_6369 (https://flic.kr/p/VB8izx)

And finally a return to Istanbul's Galata Bridge in the afternoon
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It would be nice to travel there again, but it is nearly 30 years in the past and no boats are going that direction:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4246/34926857650_7ff07bb7e9_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VdngWS)DFJ_6368 (https://flic.kr/p/VdngWS)

Images taken on Kodachrome in a Nikon FG with 50mm f/1.8. Revived with Nikon Df, PS4 slide copier and a 1960's 55mm Micro Nikkor. Yes I know there is dirt all over them...
Title: Re: A short trip up the Bosphorus
Post by: John Geerts on June 15, 2017, 08:16:31
These are great Jack.  Must be a kind of time-travel while 'reviving'.

I like especially - leaving the city behind  and the Galata bridge.
Title: Re: A short trip up the Bosphorus
Post by: Jack Dahlgren on June 15, 2017, 08:25:37
These are great Jack.  Must be a kind of time-travel while 'reviving'.

I like especially - leaving the city behind  and the Galata bridge.

Yes, the past is a different country.

Nostalgia tints the sky and water blue and gold.
Title: Re: A short trip up the Bosphorus
Post by: Les Olson on June 15, 2017, 08:29:46
Do you know about the Museum of Innocence in Istanbul?  (http://en.masumiyetmuzesi.org/)  It is the real-life version of the fictional museum from Orhan Pamuk's great novel about Istanbul, The Museum of Innocence; you have created a virtual museum of innocence.
Title: Re: A short trip up the Bosphorus
Post by: Jack Dahlgren on June 15, 2017, 09:24:25
Do you know about the Museum of Innocence in Istanbul?  (http://en.masumiyetmuzesi.org/)  It is the real-life version of the fictional museum from Orhan Pamuk's great novel about Istanbul, The Museum of Innocence; you have created a virtual museum of innocence.

No, I was unaware of it, but I'm quite interested now that you have introduced me to it.  Thank you.