Istanbul Pictures
The promised Air Turkey gift package - note the shoehorn, slippers, and light pink eyeshades (which would have been nice had they actually been thick enough to block out any light…)
Here I am learning how to make a carpet (this was cup of tea number 4):
Pillars at the Basilica Cisterns:
Upside down Medusa head ın Basilica Cistern:
Here I am entering the Turkish baths (rather apprehensively):
Blue Mosque with fountain in foreground:
Dishes from cooking class:
Topkapi Palace entrance:
Topkapi Palace Harem walls:
Artsy window shot in Topkapi (there wıll not be many of these, I promise!):
Topkapi Palace building:
Weeping Column in Aya Sofya (the one you put your finger in):
Aya Sofya mosaic:
Blue Mosque courtyard:
Blue Mosque Interior (it is very very hard to get good inside pictures of mosques):
Galata Bridge Restaurant (note the water in the background):
Boat cruising by on the Bosphorus:
Here I am with the Bosphorus in the background:
I apologize for the short and not at all funny descriptions… I have been fighting the software for the last 2 hours now to upload them. Grrrr.
Tags: 01 - Turkey
