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From a side street in Sultanahmet, the Sea of Marmara, a sea of ships; the traffic through the Bosphorus, of every size, was incredible |
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Bust with glasses, something new for me... |
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T-shirts at the Grand Bazaar |
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Turkish disability ramps always show the degree of incline |
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Raspberry/chocolate orgy: first a layer of raspberry and cream, then chocolate mousse, then gingerbread, all in an edible chocolate cup; at a patisserie on the main drag in Sultanahmet; Turks definitely have sweet teeth |
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Mannquins, on the docks by fashionable houses on the Bosphorus |
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On the seawall in Sultanahmet, some enterprising soul has set up a BB gun target range; 15 shots, 5 YTL |
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The Bosphorus was jellyfish city: this one (you can't see the tentacles) was at least three feet long and swimming briskly against the current |
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Shippenglow |
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A last view of our most unusual "campground" in Istanbul |
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And a last view, from the Bosphorus Bridge, of the old city, Hagia Sofia, flanked by the Blue Mosque and Topkapi Palace |
I really enjoyed Istanbul--such a comfortable combination of the familiar and the exotic--ever interesting and challenging. And then there was the food. I could have stayed another week, just wandering the markets, but Vicki kept reminding me there was much more of Turkey to see.
I just stumbled across your blog while researching RV parking places in Istanbul. Thanks for these great posts! I appreciate that you focus on the details...the bust with the glasses, the degree of incline on the ramp sign. Good stuff.
ReplyDeleteRight now we're parked at a small campground on the Black Sea but will be heading into Istanbul in a day or two. I'd love any advice you could give about parking the rig in the city. Where are you parked in the photograph with the other RVs?
Cheers, Renee