We arrived in Istanbul on Saturday and are already into the third day of our tour. Two action packed days of mosques (gorgeous tiles), churches (beautiful frescos), a palace (Topkapi), and bazaars (shopping overload). While we expected crowds in a huge city like Istanbul we didn’t expect to see so many tourists this early in the season. Germans, Russians, Spanish, etc, etc. Couldn’t begin to tell you what languages we are hearing. We were told there were many more tourists due to cruise ships diverting from Cairo.
We have a very nice family of 4 from India on our tour with us. They lived in Burbank for 12 years and are now back in India. The husband travels with a large company doing IT. They have beautiful girls 16 and 8. Another couple is from the Denver area and are giving us information about what will be our new home in Ft Collins.
Our hotel is close to a busy pedestrian and trolley street that we have been walking on each evening. Attached are pictures of some of the food carts (roasting chestnuts, corn, and Turkish bagels) and other food stores that you find all over the place, tulips blooming this time of year, and general street scenes.
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