Comments on: In Search Of HRM/HRMDS/HR Tech “Best” Practices: Istanbul To Venice — Field Report Part I http://infullbloom.us/?p=1116 Give me that KSAOC religion! Tue, 15 May 2012 01:03:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: In Search Of HRM/HRMDS/HR Tech “Best” Practices: Istanbul To Venice — Field Report Part II http://infullbloom.us/?p=1116&cpage=1#comment-4209 In Search Of HRM/HRMDS/HR Tech “Best” Practices: Istanbul To Venice — Field Report Part II Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:06:46 +0000 http://infullbloom.us/?p=1116#comment-4209 [...] first part of this post was a personal report on our recent travels.  In this second part, I want to share what I learned [...] [...] first part of this post was a personal report on our recent travels.  In this second part, I want to share what I learned [...]

]]> By: Ahmed Limam http://infullbloom.us/?p=1116&cpage=1#comment-3864 Ahmed Limam Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:25:47 +0000 http://infullbloom.us/?p=1116#comment-3864 For someone who's been many times to the places you mention (Istanbul, the Cyclades - isn't the sunset at Santorini truly unforgettable?, the Dalmatian coast) I think you soak up the atmosphere quite well (those muezzin chants are intoxicating, I agree with you) and describe the places accurately. You missed one big mosque in Istanbul, the Suleymaniye where Suleyman the Magnificent is buried, next to his wife the famous Roxelana (Suleyman the only sultan ever to have married by the way, the others just had concubines). Below is a link to my photo album with over a hundred commented pictures of the City Over Two Continents. Also, you didn't make it to Topkapi Palace??? really? What a pity. But then Istanbul takes a long time to visit, there's so much. By the way, Constantinople is spelled with "ple" not "pal" in your picture. Maybe you want to add the full three names: Byzantium-Constantinople-Istanbul. Interesting fact: although Istanbul is the Turkish name of the city, it only became official when the Republic was established in 1922. During the long period of the Ottoman Empire (since the conquest of the city in 1453 until 1922) the Turks kept the name Constantinople, sometimes informally using Istanbul or Dar Saadet (Gate of Felicity). It was Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, who made the name Istanbul official and to make sure the whole world used it rather than Constantinople he ordered the Turkish Post Office not to distribute mail addressed to "Constantinople." And the trick worked. http://picasaweb.google.com/AhmedLimam/IstanbulTheTwiceImperialCityOnTwoContinentsAndThreeSeas# For someone who’s been many times to the places you mention (Istanbul, the Cyclades – isn’t the sunset at Santorini truly unforgettable?, the Dalmatian coast) I think you soak up the atmosphere quite well (those muezzin chants are intoxicating, I agree with you) and describe the places accurately. You missed one big mosque in Istanbul, the Suleymaniye where Suleyman the Magnificent is buried, next to his wife the famous Roxelana (Suleyman the only sultan ever to have married by the way, the others just had concubines). Below is a link to my photo album with over a hundred commented pictures of the City Over Two Continents. Also, you didn’t make it to Topkapi Palace??? really? What a pity. But then Istanbul takes a long time to visit, there’s so much.
By the way, Constantinople is spelled with “ple” not “pal” in your picture. Maybe you want to add the full three names: Byzantium-Constantinople-Istanbul. Interesting fact: although Istanbul is the Turkish name of the city, it only became official when the Republic was established in 1922. During the long period of the Ottoman Empire (since the conquest of the city in 1453 until 1922) the Turks kept the name Constantinople, sometimes informally using Istanbul or Dar Saadet (Gate of Felicity). It was Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, who made the name Istanbul official and to make sure the whole world used it rather than Constantinople he ordered the Turkish Post Office not to distribute mail addressed to “Constantinople.” And the trick worked.

http://picasaweb.google.com/AhmedLimam/IstanbulTheTwiceImperialCityOnTwoContinentsAndThreeSeas#

]]> By: Naomi Bloom http://infullbloom.us/?p=1116&cpage=1#comment-3520 Naomi Bloom Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:29:31 +0000 http://infullbloom.us/?p=1116#comment-3520 Debbie, thanks so much for your feedback and encouragement. I don't know what the next phase of my career holds, but more writing is a given. Travel, mysteries, and plays are my likely targets, perhaps all woven together. And I've got the info on the brooch waiting for you. Debbie, thanks so much for your feedback and encouragement. I don’t know what the next phase of my career holds, but more writing is a given. Travel, mysteries, and plays are my likely targets, perhaps all woven together. And I’ve got the info on the brooch waiting for you.

]]> By: Debbie Brown http://infullbloom.us/?p=1116&cpage=1#comment-3517 Debbie Brown Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:06:07 +0000 http://infullbloom.us/?p=1116#comment-3517 Awesome post- I was able to visualize the trip- you should think of writing for Rick Steves! Re Albania- yes the US went to war with Albania in the movie Wag the Dog. And- I sure hope you saved the name of the store where you purchased your broach ;) Awesome post- I was able to visualize the trip- you should think of writing for Rick Steves!
Re Albania- yes the US went to war with Albania in the movie Wag the Dog. And- I sure hope you saved the name of the store where you purchased your broach ;)

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