Showing posts with label Istanbul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Istanbul. Show all posts

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Istanbul Part 2

The Blue Mosque is beautiful! Before entering everyone must take their shoes off and women must cover their hair. 


This is the view we had from dinner one night


We then on a little boat tour to see both the European and Asian side. The guy originally wanted 20 bucks but I said 10 and he gave in!

Nathan ate a yummy fish sandwiches and I ate stuffed grape leaves... SO GOOD.

Then we went to the Spice Bazar and the smell there was SO STRONG. I don't really like spicy things.


After the Spice Bazar we walked through a Pet Bazar! I was dying. I wanted all the animals.

 The corn man here told me he loved me because I bough corn from him so often.


Our hostel we stayed at, where we had the WORST roommates in the world. 

Next up, PRAGUE! 

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Istanbul

.Turkey is insane. But awesomeley insane.  It is way different than all the other European countries 
Nathan on our first night where we enjoyed some DELICIOUS kebab

Some delicious baklava and turkish delight

We went to the Topkapi Palace, pretty sweet place





Nathan enjoying some turkish delight, I actually love that stuff

The Hagia Sophia was amazing! I cannot believe how old it is and how great of shape is it in. So beautiful



We also went to the cisterns that was used for the water system hundreds of years ago


They call their corn misir and it is SO GOOD. They sell it on the street, pretty random. It it so different from our corn. Mmmmm

!!Another street food. We spent four days in Istanbul and these are the only first two, more to come