Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
I'm going to Istanbul this afternoon. The weather here is projected to be nice and warm and sunny, and Istanbul is projected to be cold and rainy. So just in keeping status quo I decided to go there.
I'll prob go to a kebab museum, swim in some hummus, get absolutely demolished by a Turkish masseur, and have engaging discussions about the Armenian genocide.
I'm back on Tuesday so we'll catch up then. Stay the same.
3 comments:
Dear Eric
you will probably know that Instabul has greek origins "eis tin poli" and it means "in the city", so Instabul or Constantinople, it's tha same thing. you can call it however you like though.
Thank you kind greco roman reader. who are you?
I did learn about the big muslim/christian swap with Greece while traveling there.
also learned that hummus is more of an arab dish - wish someone would've pointed that out so I didn't ask for hummus at every restaurant.
the subject name was just a rip off from that 'they might be giants' tune: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsQrKZcYtqg
if you were really clever you'd call it byzantium.
my impression is that constantinople does not mean "in the city"... it means "city of constantine"
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