Next up: five glorious hours in Istanbul, where the streets are cobblestone, the architecture is stunning, and the temperatures are mild. I have so many beautiful photos that I'm breaking it up into two posts.
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| my first glimpse of the city! |
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| I landed around 4:30am and got into the city just before 6am. I cabbed straight to this bakery, which was one of the only places in the historic city center that opened at 6. |
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| My first borek! and my first Turkish coffee in Turkiye! |
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| peep that sea |
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| I didn't eat these but they looked amazinggg |
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| love me a good window display |
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| The short-ish rod center-left is from Roman times, it's actually really tall but its base is far below the plaza. As for the obelisk behind it, per Wikipedia: "The Obelisk of Theodosius is the Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III, first erected during the 18th dynasty of Egypt. It was re-erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in the 4th century AD." |
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| mosque views |
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| this is the inside of the gazebo pictured above |
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| all the policemen had giant guns |
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| This park used to be a private royal garden, until someone decided to make it public. |
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| lots of stray dogs enjoying the sea breeze |
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| lots of men out swimming! It was close to 8am at this point. (I did a lot of walking.) |
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| post-swim watermelon |
To be continued!
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