It’s Friday! You made it through the week and we know that you are just as happy about it as we are. Today we have some great things for you that won’t cost you anything at all, so that you can save your money for having a blast on the weekend. Check out today’s Istanbul edition of Dollars & Sense below.
Visit The Florence Nightingale Museum
Housed within the Selimiye Army Barracks, the Florence Nightingale Museum is an enduring reminder of the Lady of the Lamp’s pioneering work here during the Crimean War. Nightingale, along with 37 other nurses, arrived at Selimiye in 1854 to find overcrowded wards and unsanitary conditions. She and her team immediately set about introducing standards of sanitation and nutrition – their work here led to the birth of modern nursing practices – and the death rate among wounded soldiers dropped dramatically.
Today, visitors can admire a number of Nightingale’s personal possessions and see the desk at which she worked. The barracks is still a military installation, so permission to visit must be secured in advance.
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Admire the Blue Mosque
The architecturally beautiful Blue Mosque is distinctive for its array of cascading domes and six glittering minarets. Commissioned in the 17th century by Sultan Ahmet I, the Blue Mosque – so called because of the 20,000 blue tiles that adorn its domed ceilings – was designed to rival neighboring Hagia Sophia. Pause to admire the mosque’s impressive main entrance, but note that non-worshippers must enter via the north gate. Open daily 0930 – 1730; closed to non-Muslims during prayer times.
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Financial Tip Of The Day
Cook Extra Dinner
Cooking more than you will eat may not seem like a good financial tip but if you bring what you have left over to work the next day you will end up saving a ton of cash. We guarantee that you would me much happier at the end of the week if you got to keep all of the money that you would normally spend on lunch.
