Friday, August 11, 2023

Istanbul: beautiful & brutal

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We spent a fast paced 3 days touring around the old Byzantine empire and -after waking a collective 23 miles - we saw wonderful sights and also witnessed the harshness of modern life in a modern city of TWENTY MILLION people!!!

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CIYA - possibly the BEST food in Istanbul. 

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So many types of baklava !
 
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Some humongous Hungarian swords!


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....sun tanning with the graffiti?

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Amazing cheese at the farmers markets.
 
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Cats rule this city…..

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In case you forgot my name...

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Trying to find our bus to get home.

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After a 2 hour bus ride and 42 bus stops.....we should have rented a micro-car instead!
(doesn't matter if it only seats one....the bus was torturous)

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Outdoor art gallery tour, by the lovely HuhuCüm herself.

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We’ll, we got three days of 42 Celsius weather…. (100+ degrees!)

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And then we flew off to Greece!

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