Dolmabache: Beautiful Palace of last Sultan now the presidential building.
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Grand Staircase |
VIP Reception Hall
Note Date
The Serpent Column
The Millennial Post. A Roman custom to measure all distances in Turkey from this post in Istanbul (Originally Constantinople.)
Sculptured head upside down on bottom of a column in reservoir. Really.
Conservative colors
Class Outing, Smile
Haggai Sofia
Roman Catholic Cathedral to Islamic Mosque to Museum - HUGE
Mosaics from early Christian period were
painted over during Ottoman Empire. Some restoration proceeding.
Sculpture Honoring Kemil Ataturk, Father of Modern Turkey
We found the top half of these ladies at another shop.
Vendors everywhere. Above is underground between
two major bus lines.
Above and below is the Spice Market
Spice?
Meditation by Whirling Dervish
Date on NEW Mosque
Arches and cupola Ccollide
Evening Comes to Blue Mosque
Buy My Bird Seed? I Think.
Mosque of Suleiman the Magnificent
Ablutions Before Prayer
John Knows the Drill
One Heavy Load
Lots of Manpower
Oops!
On The Way to Circumcision Party
MINE? ? ? ? ?! ! ! Oh NO
New Ways for the Old
Aqueduct of Valens
Resurrection or Reincarnation?
Pixie Kickers
Bazaar 1461 A.D.
4000 Shops
Afternoon Cruise on the Bosporus
Tour Boats Humongous
Most Expensive Real Estate in Turkey
Upscale Transportation but John and I mostly walked.
For Example: We walked from Europe to Asia three times one day.
I was bushed. Galena Bridge. It was lined with nice restaurants on
the lower level.
