Last update: 6/6/6.
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| The traditional sunrise-through-the-plane-window shot. |
Istanbul
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| Blue Mosque and market; 6 a.m. our first morning in Istanbul. |
The Aya Sofia is too beautiful to have only the few pix in update 1 ...
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| The Aya Sofia's manicured grounds. |
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| The Aya was undergoing renovations (how'd you like to be wielding a brush up there?) |
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| Column; detail from marble door; haunted hallway. | ||
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These Coke parking things were everywhere. |
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| Political rally (we have no idea what it was about). Images of Attaturk are everywhere in Turkey. |
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I mean, everywhere. |
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| Think parking is tough in your city? |
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Egyptian obelisk. Istanbul. |
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| On the bus from Istanbul to Göreme the Chilean couple next to us found a way to keep their adorable but rambunctious two-year-old daughter out of trouble (if it's not clear, she's sleeping under their seat). (Photo: Mark.) |
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| Turkish advertisements. | ||
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| The thing that cracks me up about this picture is that if you look closely, you can see that my shirt is inside-out. I'm completely oblivious. Olympos. (Photo: Mark.) |
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| When hiking the Lycian Way, be sure to always carry your man purse. Olympos. (Photo: Mark.) |
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| It's become somewhat of a tradition to keep our cameras trained on one another during those hazardous stream crossings in case the opportunity for that oh-so-special snapshot should present itself. Luckily for me, however, Mark's camera was holstered when I actually fell in. Olympos. (Photo: Mark.) |