“If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul!”
Alphonse de Lamintine
We had a ten hour layover in Stuttgart airport before boarding our 10.30pm plane to Istanbul. This was how we were feeling by the time we got to our wonderful wonderful airbnb loft room at 4.00am! Our host Hakan went above and beyond by meeting us in Taksim square and walking with us to his place in the wee hours of the morning!
Our neighbourhood
Some friend Nick made at a local market just around the corner from our apartment.
Our regular breakfast spot on Taksim square! Don't let the lack of traffic fool you. The roads were closed to start a massive redevelopment project.
No trip to Istanbul would be complete without a visit to Grand Bazaar
Having a very expensive and strong Turkish coffee in the Bazzar.
It was very touristy in there and you could buy almost any souvineer you could think of.
Cups!
Lights
And more lights. There were lights for sale everywhere!
We also visited The Spice Market
Spices were not the only things for sale.
There were shoes and lots of other touristy things.
We also enjoyed trying all of the free samples of Turkish delight.
We joined the lines of tourists and visited the Blue Mosque.
And Hagia Sophia
The new mosque
We enjoyed wandering the streets looking at all of the interesting things on offer.
Need anything cured by leeches?
A baby turtle perhaps?
Some very sticky, sugary sweets
Chillies
These mini men outside a Taylor made us smile!
These two gorgeous men were on the street selling…….
Turkish flags
And massive posters
No matter what time of the day or night it was there were always people fishing off this bridge near the new mosque.
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