We visited the St Nicholas church and had a tour round the town.
St Nicolas church
St Nicholas
inside St Nicolas's Church
Monday, 30 May 2011
SPLIT- CROATIA
Our final visit was in Spilt, Croatia
Split is the second largest city in Croatia, with just over 200,000 inhabitants, and is the largest city on the Adriatic coast. Coupled with its strong history - it emerged from a palace built by Roman emperor Diocletian, and was also an important city within Yugoslavia - this lively city sure was worth a visit!!!!
We had a Croatian guide helping us along and we visited the Roman Palace built by the Emperor.
Split is the second largest city in Croatia, with just over 200,000 inhabitants, and is the largest city on the Adriatic coast. Coupled with its strong history - it emerged from a palace built by Roman emperor Diocletian, and was also an important city within Yugoslavia - this lively city sure was worth a visit!!!!
We had a Croatian guide helping us along and we visited the Roman Palace built by the Emperor.
Roman Palace
walking on the waterfront
Touching The Golden Toe for luck!!
IZMIR - TURKEY
Izmir, (Turkey`s third largest city) has been for ages regarded as `The pearl of the Aegean`. The present day Izmir is the most westernized city of Turkey in terms of lifestyle of the inhabitants, their values and ideologies.
inside a mosque in Izmir
Continuous archeological excavations have led to the unearthing of many such world-famous monuments from Izmir`s historical past. We visited some of these relics such as the Zeus Altar, the Artemis Temple are a part of Izmir`s distant past. Some important constructions of the Roman period are the Agora, Acropolis, Theater and the Stadium.
A group photo
SANTORINI - GREECE
Santorini
Santorini is really a very unique island with its own character and style. The various towns are built on the top of a cliff or even on the cliff itself. This is one of the unique features of the island that you won't be seeing anywhere else.One thing on Santorini most of the things worth visiting are sort of spread out. Nothing seems to be within walking distance, unless you want to see specific things that happen to be within one town.
View on the Cliffs
We took the Cable Car which starts from the town of Fira and takes us down to the old port of Santorini, which is where most island boat-tours start from. Another way to down there (or back up to the town of Fira) is to take the steps...either on foot or by donkey.Most of our students tried donkey ride!!
Raissa Maghoo
Neha and Simn Pierre
going down the cliff on donkeys' back!!!
Santorini has many different villages with the majority of them either located by the sea or built on the cliff. It is strongly suggested to visit Oia, a small village at the far end of the island.
Santorini has a lot of very old churches, some of which are thousands years old. If you are into this sort of thing, there is a lot for you to see on the island.
ISTANBUL- TURKEY
Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, is unique among the cities of the world, having one foot in Europe and the other in Asia. We went rented 7 taxis and made our way to the Bosphorus Bridge and were already in the Asian part of Istanbul!!!
Bosphorus bridge
We treated ourselves turkish coffee and tea in a small restaurant, and were overwhelmed by the beauty of the place.
Istanbul is Turkey's economic capital and biggest trade center, home to nearly half of the country's wealth.
Much of Istanbul is hilly and especially in the old part many of the streets are steep and narrow. This big city spread over seven hills and surrounded on three sides by water and it is atonishingly beautiful.
A must see in Istanbul is the BLUE MOSQUE. We had the opportunity to visit during during prayer time to watch the powerful Muslim prayer ritual. The mosque is lit by thousands of lanterns and has amazing ceiling frescoes. It has beutiful stained glass windows which look ethereal in the light of the lanterns. The burgundy carpet looks royal.
The mosque is lit by thousands of lanterns and has amazing ceiling frescoes. It has beutiful stained glass windows which look ethereal in the light of the lanterns. The burgundy carpet looks royal.
The Hagia Sophia,
Hagia Sophia, now known as the Ayasofya Museum, was an early Christian Church and later an Eastern Orthodox church which was transformed into a mosque in 1453 by the Turks, and converted into a museum in 1935. I It is regularly considered one of the greatest and most beautiful buildings in history.
Its conquest by the Ottomans at the fall of Constantinople is considered one of the great tragedies of Christianity by the Greek Orthodox faithful.
The Hagia Sophia,
Hagia Sophia, now known as the Ayasofya Museum, was an early Christian Church and later an Eastern Orthodox church which was transformed into a mosque in 1453 by the Turks, and converted into a museum in 1935. I It is regularly considered one of the greatest and most beautiful buildings in history.
Its conquest by the Ottomans at the fall of Constantinople is considered one of the great tragedies of Christianity by the Greek Orthodox faithful.
Hagia Sophia
Mosaic in Hagia Sophia: Virgin Mary
The Old Market,
The busy market attracted our students. From leather jackets, scarfs, colourful lamps to jellewery....they wanted it all! They learned how to bargain to get a good price! we spent hours in the labyrinth of goodies and ended up eating a Kebab and drinking tea!!!
Sunday, 29 May 2011
ACROPOLIS- ATHENS- GREECE
One of the Dreams of Historians is to make a pilgrimage to the seat of democracy...!
What would a visit to Athens be without going to the Acropolis to see the Parthenon? it is believed to be one of the the most perfect building built by the world's most advanced ancient civilization.
As it stands now,we felt that it is a tribute to the glorious past and the achievement of the Ancient Athenians it is also a reminder that whatever man builds is eventually overcome by time.
METEORA - VOLOS- GREECE
"Visiting Monasteries? How Boring!!!" the students protested!
But what was awaiting us...... completely transformed them!!!
the landscape was breathtaking....
houses up the rocks!
Girls were all covered up!
breathtaking view
Anthony-Waleed and Christopher
OLYMPIA - GREECE
The Historians insisted on visiting this most inspiring place. We felt as if we had time travelled and were surrounded by the ghosts of the Greek Warriors in Olympia.
We addressed a little prayed to Zeus just in case....
We visited the ruins of the sanctuary and could imagine how awesome it was at that time.
We addressed a little prayed to Zeus just in case....
We visited the ruins of the sanctuary and could imagine how awesome it was at that time.
Waleed Rawat and Anthony de Chalain
ruins of Olympia
We visited the museum of Olympia and were amazed by the Hellenistic art of the ancient greek empire
marble statue of greek God
greek goddess
greek emperor
close up
ruins of Olympia
VENICE - Italy
Venice Canal
We landed in Venice on the first day of our trip
The students were awed by the Venetian Architecture! The magic of the place, the Masks, Gondolas and icecream. We made our way through the canals, reaching St Mark's square and the famous bridge of Sighs....!
Rialto
Ponte di Rialto
Maria di Nazareth Church
ice-cream lovers!
Emmy and her mask
The girls trying theirs
group photo on the rialto bridge
Photo credits: Nicollas Cilloniz Tanji
Emmy and her mask
Photo credits: Nicollas Cilloniz Tanji
TRIP TO GREECE 2011
A group of Bocage Students accompanied by Nadine Montille Art Dept and Mira Tapesar History Dept planned a visit to the Mediterranean region, they ended up visiting 5 countries:
France
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Croatia
and artistic and historical places such as:
Venice, Barri, Florence, Rome, Vatican, Olympia, Volos, Katakolon, Meteora, Santorini, Oia, Athens, Izmir, Istanbul, Split, Paris and navigated over 7 seas ( Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean...) and even dared to crossed the Bosphora Bridge to Asia!
It was indeed a breathtaking experience in the Indiana Jones's style!!!!!!
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