Hand Carvings

Pinar took us to a factory where they do hand carving on glass. A gentleman that I believe said he'd been doing it for 40 years did a quick demo for us. His work was lovely! They were happy to do a sand blasting demo for us too.

After this Pinar took us for lunch and then to the Grand Bazaar, it was a busy day!

Old Glass Furnace

The Glass Furnace has a old furnace similar to the first ones ever used for bead making. In it these beads were made!

The Dock!

As we wandered around the Glass Furnace we found the dock! You can cross the river on a tiny little rope ferry and on the other side you can ride horses!!!

Starting from the right of the photo myself, Ilkner, Andrea and Pinar. They were so nice to show us around all day!

Demo

Andrea did a demo of a galaxy bead, I think everyone was very happy with it. The people were so nice, very happy and friendly. In the main gathering hall where Andrea demo'd there was a huge very neat fountain, I took a picture of her doing her demo across the fountain. We had some yummy fruit Pinar picked up for us!

The Glass Furnace

The Glass Furnace in Istanbul is amazing! Pinar and Ilkner took us around Istanbul and took us out to the school where Andrea did a demo. They have a set up for pretty much every form of glass work you can think of. They have classes, dorms, feed you and have a POOL! The classes are really reasonable.

Here's some pictures of the installations they have all over the grounds.

Istabnul

Our hotel in Istanbul was amazing and had the nicest owner. Ozen went out of her way to give us sight seeing advise, help us with our horribly flight arrangements and she even dropped us off that the airport when we left for Cappadocia. I highly recommend staying there if you ever go to Istanbul!

The view from the roof top garden was amazing! One way you saw out over the water, the other way you see the Blue Mosque. It really left me awe struck. I had to call my husband on my new Itouch using Skype from the roof top just to tell him how amazing it was. I also wanted to try out my new toy!

Flight to Turkey

We flew to Instanbul in Turkey from Hamburg. The flight was crowded and noisy, but for some reason the fact that my shoes matched the seats made me very happy! Didn't make up for the fact that we paid more than double than what we should have for the flight. But good enough I had to take a picture!