tuesday was travel day...a bus..a plane...an airport shuttle and we arrived in istanbul at our new home for a couple of nights....a small hotel only steps from the blue mosque and hagia sophia. it was not long before we hit the streets...a trip to the blue mosque was the first stop...head covering required and for jocelyn a blue wrap (she was wearing shorts)...
it was my first visit to a mosque...it was very interesting...am feeling challenged to read more about the muslim faith...feel like i just don't know enough...
this is the hagia sophia...we will go inside on thursday...
one of my favorite things about turkey it turkish tea...people are drinking this stuff ALL THE TIME...we are drinking it at breakfast...after noon and evening meals...venders and store employees are serving it...in kusadasi i found myself in the back room of a shop haggling over the price of lanterns and drinking the stuff...this glass of tea was the chaser for the evening meal our first night in istanbul...
after dinner we passed the blue mosque on the way back to the hotel...
really quite a site...
so much more to come on wednesday...
kir
for gin: it was so good to hear your voice...took the edge off of the "gin sick"...i do...
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