Welcome to Istanbul- photos from around the city and our Bosporus Cruise
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A very photogenic city
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Let's start with food and first, Turkish coffee, of course
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Our friend where we had breakfast most mornings with their special puffed bread
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Expensive fish dinner - but worth it
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Sardines for lunch in Canekkale
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Chicken sandwich - best street food of the trip in Canakkale
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This restaurant specializes in a bean dish and they claim to buy up all of Turkey's supply - great stuff!
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Turkish taffy - respecting our fillings, we skipped it
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But it's popular - Kids and Turkish taffy
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What are they doing on this ornate boat?
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Making delicious fish sandwiches!
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Pickles
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Street snack: cucumber
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Dan's Turkish haircut
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Am I supposed to be sitting here?
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View from our hotel room in Kusadasi
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Same view at night
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Hotel Kalyon right on the water
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The street behind the hotel. It's in Sultanamet, the center of the old town section of Istanbul, within a few minutes walk of the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace.
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Requisite visit to a rug factory
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yarn for making rugs
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Weaving rugs
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Tools of the trade
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Spinning silk into threads for rugs
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Displaying rugs
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