It is such a secret place, the land of tears.

Hello everyone.

I always have this feeling, that time goes by so quickly and the only way to remember our life
is by the memories we create. The good and the bad ones. And of course, if you have a bad memory
 as i do, from photographs. My big anbsence from the net world can be justified from my lack
of mood and time. So many things have happend during the past weeks, some bad, some good.

Among them? The previous Monday i got officially my degree from the university.
A small ceremony with a lot photographers :S Now i feel what celebrities feel with paparazzi !! :P
I do not have any of the photos yet so here is a little sample of me.

Other lovely things, my trip to Constantinople,
"The city was originally founded as a Hellenic colony under the name of Byzantium in the 7th century BC" as a gift from my grandparents. So many photos... here you can see some of them.
Enjoy!

I didn't like the modern city much but i felt the chills all over my body
when i set my eyes and body in to Hagia Sophia. To the Prince Islands where Hellenic (Greek!) people lived there before the battle of 1453 and again before the worst time during the 1922.
Hellenic wonderful mansions, other abandoned left to rot, other preserved, all taken away
from the people who had them...

During the nineteenth century, the islands became a popular resort for Istanbul's wealthy, and Victorian-era cottages and houses are still preserved on the largest of the Princes' Islands. 

It felt like home among the old ruins/ monuments/ houses...
maybe because i have roots from those places or maybe it is just all in head?
Who knows...

It had the most beautiful weather ♡♡♡

Hagia Sophia ( from the Hellenic: Ἁγία Σοφία ) is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, 

later a mosque, and now a museum in Constantinople, Turkey. 

From the date of its dedication in 360 until 1453, it served as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral 

and seat of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. 

The Church was dedicated to the Logos, the second person of the Holy Trinity, 

sophia is the phonetic spelling in Latin of the Greek word for wisdom – the full name in Greek 

being Ναός τῆς Ἁγίας τοῦ Θεοῦ Σοφίας, "Shrine of the Holy Wisdom of God". 

Famous in particular for its massive dome, it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture 

and is said to have "changed the history of architecture." 

It remained the world's largest cathedral for nearly a thousand years thereafter, 

until Seville Cathedral was completed in 1520. 

The current building was originally constructed as a church between 532 and 537 

on the orders of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian and was the third Church of the Holy Wisdom

 to occupy the site, the previous two having both been destroyed by rioters. 

It was designed by the Greek scientists Isidore of Miletus, a physicist, 

and Anthemius of Tralles, a mathematician.

Imperial Gate

The Byzantine Empire used Roman and Greek architectural models and styles to create its own
 unique type of architecture. The influence of Byzantine architecture and art can be seen in the copies
 taken from it throughout Europe. Particular examples include St Mark's Basilica in Venice,
 the basilicas of Ravenna, and many churches throughout the Slavic East.

You can understand just by looking the people around,
how tall big , majestic is that church!

Crosses appear inside the Hagia Sophia 

( its truly all over the church! )

We were pretty much all day in the road, i had to keep eating the way i do.
Very expensive life and no alcohol. 

Flowers all over the place , beautiful parks and clean streets around the Hagia Sophia.
That was good! 

An Arabic cemetery , some feets away from the Hagia Sophia,
gave me the chance to take some photos , enough with the colourful parks! :P

There are Hellenic people everywhere.

The most amazing part of all, is that Turks call us Yunan which derives from the word "Ionian".
The Ionians were only one tribe of Greeks but the Persians and other eastern peoples refered
to all Greeks as "Yunan". The Persians named the Macedonians "Yunan takabara"
meaning "Greeks with shield like hats", because they wore hats.
Later the Turks also called the Greeks "Yunan". 

To be continued... Untill then,