In Some Places It's Fall Monday Surf & Culture Report

 
Lost Boys & Co...

So, if you were in Idaho right now you might look out your window and see a tree like this one (#1) outside of Bamaburke's house.  Actually our favorite part of the photo is the brilliant blue sky peeking through the red leaves.  Sky doesn't get much bluer than that!

Cloudy this morning, but winds were offshore and the temperature in the air was 60.8 and the water is 64.6.  The sea surface was smooth and high tide was at 8:36am +5.4' and low tide will be at 2:47pm +0.9'.  We have a SW swell out of 225º at 3.3' and it was 3' to 4' and some nice corners for the crew.  Of course the big news in the water was that Jetski nailed one of the first kick-outs he tried.  It was a snappy turn on a quick left, but done with the style and panache we've come to expect from him.  Nice, very nice...

No, the photo is right side-up (#2).  We're in the Basilica Cistern that runs below Istanbul.  They call it the Basilica Cistern, because before they built it there was a basilica there.  It runs for blocks under the city and they used columns and building materials from the temples and churches that were in ruins above the site.  There are two Medusa head columns, one sideways and this one upside down.  There's also a column that weeps and a forest of marble columns that represents about a thousand years of architecture.  When they first opened it you could ride a boat through the cistern.  Now they have raised walkways and it takes about an hour to tour the rather extensive layout...

If you're interested in architecture The Blue Mosque will certainly amaze you.  The dome is situated on four massive columns and you get some sense of scale with LoLa standing next to this one (#3)...  Boomfwappa raised the question of how they lift it to vacuum the rug...

Near the Blue Mosque is the bazaar.  Bazaar, as well as bizarre.  Some of the shops there have been run continuously for 500 years!  There will be a row of candy shops, then a row of rug merchants, then dried fruit vendors, everything you can imagine!  We couldn't believe the jewelry.  #4 is a shot of one of the goldsmith's shops.  The craftsmen are working inside the shops and if you want something custom they have no problem in hammering it out for you!

No matter where you go, you'll find a neighborhood mosque.  Some of them are like little jewel boxes (#5) and this one fascinated us because of the huge chandelier they had.  They used to use candles, but thankfully electric lights have replaced the dripping wax.  You still have to change the light bulbs...

No word on Happy Hour this week...  Stay tuned...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"
The Professor!!




 

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