Starting out in Istanbul

At the park beside the Golden Horn	Sky over the Golden Horn	With friends at an outdoor restaurant	Scene at a restaurant
Metro ticket vending machine	Street art	Street art	Nighttime over the Golden Horn
Suleiman the Magnificent's mosque	Outside Rustem Pasha mosque	Outside Rustem Pasha mosque	Rules for entering mosque
Mosaic work inside Rustem Pasha mosque	Facing Mecca - Rustem Pasha mosque	Ceiling of Rustem Pasha mosque	Listening to our guide in Rustem Pasha mosque
Ceiling of the Rustem Pasha mosque	Rustem Pasha mosque	Demonstrating the muslim at of prayer	Rustem Pasha Mosque
Taking a picture in the Rustem Pasha mosque	The mosque we visited first thing in the morning	The tour group on the first day	A ceremonial first sale of the day for the vendor
Walking through a marketplace	Store display	Store display	Store display
Store display	An entrance to the Spice Market not taken	Store display	Next to the Spice Market
The Spice Market	The Spice Market	The Spice Market	The Spice Market
The Spice Market	The Spice Market	The Spice Market	The Spice Market
The Spice Market	The Spice Market	The Spice Market	The Spice Market
The Spice Market	The Spice Market	The Spice Market	The Spice Market
The Spice Market	The Spice Market	An entrance to the Spice Market	A store next to the Spice Market
Outside the Spice Market	In the square in front of the Spice Market	Istanbul Ice Cream vendor	Istanbul Metropolitan Muncipality sign
City of mosques!	Istanbul Light rail or tram	Cruise ship at the terminal	The Bosporus Strait before it opensup into the Marmara Sea
The Marmara Sea	Walking the streets of Istanbul	Obelisk from Egypt in the Hippodrome	Obelisk from Egypt in the Hippodrome
At the base of the obelisk in the Hippodrome	Walking on the grounds of the Hippodrome	The Blue Mosque	The Blue Mosque
Plaza amongst the vistor's sites in old town	Entrance to Topkapi Palace	Taking a picture of the entrance to Topkapi Palace	Entrance to Topkapi Palace
In the first courtyard of Topkapi Palace	In the first courtyard of Topkapi Palace	In the first courtyard of Topkapi Palace	In the first courtyard of Topkapi Palace
Topkapi Palace	The Royal Kitchen - Topkapi Castle	The Royal Kitchen - Topkapi Castle	Topkapi Palace - The Gate of Felicity
Topkapi Palace	Lines in front of the Audience Hall at Topkapi Palace	Topkapi Palace	In the Arms museum at Topkapi Palace
The Bosporus Strait from Topkapi Palace	The Bosporus Strait from Topkapi Palace	Arms room in Topkapi palace	Arms room in Topkapi palace
Arms room in Topkapi Palace	Line to enter the museum in Topkapi Palace	Topkapi Palace - gateway between courtyards	Second courtyard of Topkapi Palace
Topkapi Palace - Library	Topkapi Palace - Audience Hall	Display for the Imperial Council Hall - Topkapi Palace	Entrance to the Imperial Council Hall - Topkapi Palace
The Sultans listening space	Room in the Imperial Council Hall - Topkapi Palace	On the wall outside the Imperial Council Hall	The gate of Salutation
In the first courtyard of Topkapi Palace	Leavving Topkapi Palace	In the plaza near the monuments	In the plaza near the monuments
The Hagia Sophia	Corn on the cob in the plaza near the monuments	Streets near the monuments	Christian fresco at the entrance to the Hagia Sophia mosque
Entrance to the Hagia Sophia	Entering the Hagia Sophia	Inside the Hagia Sophia	Inside the Hagia Sophia
Inside the Hagia Sophia	Inside the Hagia Sophia	Inside the Hagia Sophia	Inside the Hagia Sophia
Inside the Hagia Sophia	Inside the Hagia Sophia	Streets of Istanbul	Streets of Istanbul
Streets of Istanbul	Paying for the metro rides	Streets of Istanbul	Going downhill! - Streets of Istanbul
Streets of Istanbul	The subway platform	On a sbway train	The Istanbul subway
Mural in the Istanbul subway	On the subway escalator	Taksim Square scene	Republic Monument, Taksim Square
Republic Monument, Taksim Square	Republic Monument, Taksim Square	At Taksim Square	Scene in Taksim Square
Scene in Taksim Square	Hagia Triada Greek Orthodox Church	In Hagia Triada Greek Orthodox Church	In Hagia Triada Greek Orthodox Church
Streets near Taksim Square	Streets near Taksim Square	At Taksim Square	Taksim Mosque
Underground bus stop at Taksim Square	Panorama view of the Golden Horn