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Upper Gallery, Aya Sofya
Looking down on the lower gallery in the Aya Sofya. I just loved the grating.
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Topkapi Palace wall
The garden you walk through to get to Topkapi Palace was walled.
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Mosque
Embarrassingly, I've forgotten which mosque this is - we saw so many, and I didn't rename all my photos immediately...
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Harem, Topkapi Palace
I've also forgotten what exactly this room was called, but I think everyone congregated here.
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De Puta Madre
Kipper and I went shopping in Istanbul, and came across these ... interestingly named ... jeans.
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Blue Mosque
This is as close as we got to the Blue Mosque. I took this when we came out of the Aya Sofya. The weather was amazing!
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Gatehouse
The Gatehouse to Topkapi Palace. This led to the gardens, which you could go into for free.
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Foal
A foal and its mother on Büyükada Island (the largest of the Princes' Islands). Kipper wanted...
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Ferry building Büyükada
We went to Büyükada on Saturday and swam in the Bosphorus. It was fantastic.
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"English books"
I had to take this picture of a shop which sold English books. To be fair, they had the same sign) correct way up on the other side of the door.
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Divan entrance
The entrance to the Divan, where the viziers used to meet in council. This was remarkably hard...
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Balcony view
This is the day view from our balcony at Hotel Agan. I tried to take a night one, but my phone just wasn't up to it.
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Turnip juice
Kipper had turnip juice at the fish restaurant we discovered in Taksim. It didn't actually taste nearly as bad as it sounded, more like beetroot.
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Turkish Viagra lid
We found a stand of Turkish Viagra in the Spice Market. This is a close up of the lid.
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Walnuts
Kipper and I went to the Spice Market (Misir Çarsisi) one day, which was truly...
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Turkish Viagra
The Turkish Viagra stand in the Spice Market. Guaranteed to make you go "fives times in...
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Golden Cut
This isn't a very good picture, but I had to find things to amuse me as Kipper...
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Random building in Topkapi Palace garden
The gardens you have to walk through to get to Topkapi Palace are really lovely. We didn't...
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