Every restaurant has a man standing outside who harasses you to try to get you to come eat at his restaurant.
Never engage with a boat trip salesman on the street. You may end up in a carpet shop.
There are way too many tourists!!
Stray animals are treated really well here. It is a cultural belief that it is a community responsibility to take care of them so they let them just hang out wherever they want and there are random feeders and houses set out for them. And the dogs are huge.
The men are beautiful!
This is the place to come if you want a nose job or hair transplants. We counted upwards of 15 nose jobs and probably even more hair transplants.
No sleep thanks to jet lag. Maybe some Turkish coffee will help??Roasted chestnuts and a free rose!Cool broken tile wallPeople had made ‘couches’ into the rocks along the shore of the Bosporus so they could go swimming for musselsAt the Spice MarketLeeches for sale!Took a boat tour. Couldn’t see much from these seatsThe people are very good to the stray animals in the city, providing them with food and housingYou could get your photo taken in Ottoman garb, complete with a parrotCreepy children’s showYuri Gagarin cafe!Beautiful puppy!Efes – the only local beerNot sure what this guy is doingThese stairs were cool. And so was the catA great little breakfast jointBomb walls, not countriesRaki – liquid black licorice….This lady sits in the window of a restaurant making Turkish pancakes all dayA cute (though touristy) restaurant with cushions as seatsThe Hagia Sophia by nightWe stumbled upon a concert in the parkThis guy led us to his carpet shop…where his uncle proceeded to throw carpets around the roomI mean…The Grand Bazaar was nothing more than a glorified mallThis shop was cool thoughIf only I could have brought a lamp homeI liked this crocheted treeJust hanging out with my new friendThe cats were everywhere!Another shot of the mallA cool tile mosaic wall
