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Day 14 - Exploring the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art

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  For the last full day of our travels in Türkiye, the class and I ended up going to visit the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art. In order to first reach our destination, we made use of the public transportation available in Istanbul and rode a funicular. For those unaware, a funicular is a railway transport that relies on a cable, sort of like a cable car. The difference between a funicular and a cable car is that for a funicular, it travels diagonally up and down, on a slope. Due to how we started at the top of a hill, we used the funicular to go down, meaning we were able to lean backwards in the car and not fall. (Image from the inside of a funicular car, as you can see the car is slanted going downwards compared to the outside). To get to the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, the class traveled through an area called Galata port, which is right beside the Bosporus strait. Galata Port actually resembled more of an upscale shopping center than a port, but my class was surprised to le...
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