Watched Aladdin in the summer with my niece and thought , mmm time to hit the road again and navigate my way to one of the most fascinating place divided by sea from Asia and Europe , Istanboel, been meaning to visit this place for some time , but life is happening , so kept postponing my plan for years , so today here i am , making my way to SultanAhmed neighborhood ...
We took the Turkish low coast, surprisingly confy and good service , we even got meal on board .
Arrived Saturday eve almost midnight , starving , we decided to grab a late Turkish dinner with hummus ,olive spread, yoghurt, eggplant spread and mixed grill to share with fresh pomegranate juice served by beautiful young fellas on a dreamy little joint , really woke me up -:) .
Content and happy tummy, we walked a bit trough historical little town SultanAhmed, i was in awe , such a beautiful AyaSofia and the Blue Mosque.
Woke up in the morning to this view .... The blue Mosque really beautiful on the day light.
We decided to have a look inside the mosque and was surprised with the nice ceiling painting .
We got to cover our hair and i dont really mind to be honest .
TheAyaSofia on the day light frim the rooftop cafe.
AyaSofia at night .
After a super healthy brekky contains different kind of veggies and spread , we visited Sultan’s Grave.
Sultans’s thomb from outside.
From inside.
can’t resist to take selfie from the grave’s thomb.
We continued to walk to the main square tovisit the German’s fountain, . Constructed as a present from German Emperor Wilhelm II in 1898, it represents one of the most beautiful monuments in Istanbul.
At the other side of the fountain , the massive Obelisk of Theodosius , Originally built at the Temple of Karnak, the Obelisk of Theodosius traveled all over the ancient world before ending up in its current Turkish home.
Istanbul ( European) lighthouse with AyaSofia at the backside, i am a sucker for lighthouse.
I have seen tons of Mosques on my Bhosporus boatrip , i could’t remember all the names .
Galata towers from the sea.
The Sultan’s palace from the sea.
The bridge divided Asia side and European one.
The maiden tower, on a tiny island , no longer used as lighthouse, its now a restaurant.
Sultan gate on our way to get lunch
Turkish coffee at the square.
After the boattrip we took our late lunch at the square with jackpotato( kumir) and mix grill , wasnt that good , everything were cold and not tasty at all .
Taditional Turkish sweet woth cheese , pistachio and ice cream and of course Turkish tea for me, with an awesome view from Blue Mosque and the sea .
We spent the most evening strolled around Taksim ,the most busiest part of Istanbul .
Visited the Ortodox Greek Church ( Hagia Triada) and lit a candles for my loved ones.
The turistisch tram , remind me of San Fran .
An other church ( Catholic) St.Antonio, really beautiful from inside .
The famous eat street near Istiklal street.
Intestines on the spit , no thank you very much .
Steam mussel filled with rice .... mmmm 🤔
I decided to eat Turkish rice ( taste like chicken rice) with beef cooked with tomato and veggies
After the dinner stop we walked to fryit market and found this cute mulberry
(Fake) Gucci anybody ?
Watched the street artist , there were tons of them .
This kid is amazing , pity the cops treated him poorly.
Ended the night with Sisha and Turkish delight and tea.
We visited the Sultan Palace Dolmabahce , but it closed so we decided to get some sweets and tea next door.
The Chesnut cart next to the palace.
I consumed kilos of Sugar this week -:)
Look at how happy the swallows.....
We decided to visit Galata tower , the minute i said yes , I regretted it already, the climb up about 1km and steep to the top , shoot me please .
You can‘t really see it here but trust me , its too dang steep.
But the view ? To die for , worth the climb !
Hell yes, i rewarded my fitness with Turkish coffee and pastry, holy crap , the coffee taste amaxing like triple espresso... i am in heaven.
today we take it easy and just strolled near our accommodatio, view from Karakoy.
Selfie with one of the tons of Mosques, ah why not ?
The next morning we visited the grand Bazaar, huge market , woth lots of fake designers stuff made me feel bit illffeel.
Anybody wanna buy me a kg of gold please?
After a quick visit we took the boat to go to Prinsen Island , my opinion ? Dont do this , totally not worth the 1,5 boattrip.
The harbour beautiful though.
Lots of exotics fruits but i was scared to ask the names as the merchant kept saying don‘t make picture !!! Buy or leave 🤔🤔
The tea seller cart ... aww so cute .
The flower power girl 👧
I dont really get the theme of this island , is this hippie or modern art or sweet pink barby or what ? To be honest from the buildings i got Key West feeling , the pink and colourful i got flower power feeling and a funny feeling .
They even have a mermaid , copy and pasted from Denmark ?
The deeds tree ...
I decidedto soak the sun at the heaven with pide and yummy aryan ( salty milk) and waited for my boat back to mainland.
In the boat , we tried the hot rice milk with cinnamon, nah yeh nah ...
We call it a day and going to pack for our early flight to cold lowland tomorrow morning .
i got my well deserve gate away but ready to head back home,Thank you Istanbul till we meet again .
Nov,16th SultanAhmed , İstanbul.
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