Stanley at Topkapi
December 11th, 2009
Hannah and Cole,
Stanley was with us at the Topkapi Palace yesterday.
It was a BIG place and we only showed a few pictures yesterday. The palace is where the king (called the Sultan) of the Ottoman empire lived. It was a palace from the early 1500s (about 20 years after Columbus discovered America), until 1922 when it was turned into a museum.
There was a LOT to see, and we only saw part of it. There were jewels, swords, and clothes from that whole time period when this was a palace. They even had a suit of armor that one of the Sultans wore!
Maybe your mom remembers some of the mosaic tile buildings we saw in Iran. A lot of the decorations looked like that.
There is a lot of information about this famous palace here.
Thanks Uncle Chris and Aunt Rachel! We loved seeing Stanley. We can’t wait to see you again and meet Alexander.