The camera gets no rest walking through Istanbul! This is history surviving in the modern Istiklal Caddesi.

A little south of the Galata tower is an area which looked like a disaster area. Fascinating all the same.

And yet another area, in Fatih. Note the cat waiting for the door to open. Cats are everywhere here.
I've read somewhere that muslims have a weakness for cats, since the Prophet had a cat too.

We were fascinated by this Galata district.

Kasımpaşa district.

On the streets of Istanbul you don't need to get hungry or thirsty.

This little grocery store was open at all times and each day we stopped here for a bottle of water and
at the end of the day for a snack and a cold soda. I like those versatile grocery stores.

Inside the grocery store.

Fresh fruit juice.

We watched a Champions League game on tv at the Turkish Kitchen pub & restaurant. When we left at the break we found prices were doubled because of that football game on tv:
I paid over 2 euros for one simple cup of European tea!
My advise: best to avoid 'Turkish Kitchen' on the Muradiye Cd, Sultanahmet, and avoid such surprises!

 

Eating gets complicated dressed in a burka!

The streets of Fatih.

There is so much detail in this photo: that giant tree, the old houses and those two statues..

Galata district, the unglamorous part..

Grafitti: the Hulk is hiding in the bushes from the girl.

Istanbul's buildings, the old and the new.

Gates.

The area around the Grand Bazaar

Note the differences in old and worn in contrast to that new building

The castle walls of the Topkapi palace.

Fatih district

Everything at an angle.

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THE WATERFRONT
THE OLD HOUSES
THE TOURIST SIGHTS