Istanbul was an extremely interesting city, much different from any I have visited. The mosques were beautiful, the food was pretty good, and our tour guide was hilarious.
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| First Mosque sighting |
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| Spice Market Door |
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| Inside the Spice Market |
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| The Palace |
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| The Turks love black people, this is one of seven pictures my friend alex (the 6 foot 4 black man in the middle) was asked to take with random turkish people |
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| Frank, Me and Domenico |
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| Me and Vinnie |
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| Fabian, Frank, me, Giuseppe, Alex, and Nicholas |
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| Doner Kebab |
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| The Blue Mosque |
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| Inside the Blue Mosque |
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| Some genuine live Turkish music |
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| With some Estes, the Turkish beer which was pretty good |
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| Discotech |
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| Our tour guide, Omar, dancing with all the girls |
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| Taxiom, the las vegas area of Istanbul, clubs, bars, and casinos |
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| Cruise along the Bosphorus river |
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| Not our ship, but a cool looking one we passed |
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| Four Seasons Hotel |
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| The Bosphorus Bridge which connects Europe and Asia in Istanbul |
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| Our Tour guide and Domenico dancing on the boat |
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| Turkish Rug demonstration |
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| The Grand Bazaar, one of the first and largest indoor malls |
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| Fabian's new shades |
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| The public "restroom" |
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| Hookah coals |
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| Ferry Ride to an Island off the coast |
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| Melissa getting cuddled in with by some old Turkish lady |
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| Frank |
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| Vinnie about to fall in the water |
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| On the Island |
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| View from the top a an acropolis on the Asian side of Istanbul |
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| Me and Giuseppe |
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| The Bosphorus bridge going towards the European side |
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| View from the Bosphorus Bridge |
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| Tour guide dancing again, as usual, on the bus |
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| Inside Santa Sofia, which was once a Catholic Church then turned into a mosque, now a museum |
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| Cool picture from under one of the chandeliers |
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| The wishing hole, you are supposed to do a 360 degree turn with your thumb and make a wish |
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| Santa Sofia from the front |
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| The Underground where we went on yet another tour |
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| Fish in the underground resevoir |
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| Medusa pillars |
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| Famous ceramic glass shop |
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| $44,000 Vase, the most expensive in the shop (in the center) |
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| The soccer stadium |
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| Kebab Van on the last night |
