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Istanbul’s Traditional Houses

Istanbul has a long tradition of wooden house construction.  The majority of its wooden houses date back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but these buildings are deteriorating […]

Alive Alive-Oh!

Alive, alive-O! alive, alive-O! Crying cockles and mussels, alive, alive-O! She was a fish-monger, but sure ’twas no wonder For so were her father and mother before Molly Malone, the […]

True Blue

The Blue Mosque in Istanbul is not named that without reason… Linked to Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside and Blue Monday.

Segway Shadows

This always looks such a fun way of seeing a city and I haven’t tried it yet.  The tours in Barcelona don’t do this part of town anymore though; I’m […]

Windows into the Orient

Sirkeci Station, in the European part of Istanbul, is famous for being the terminus for the Orient Express.  A temporary station opened here in 1873, the first Orient Express train […]

Turkish Delights

This week, I’m featuring two bright and beautiful murals from Istanbul.  If you take a stroll from Tunel towards Galata Tower,  along Galip Dede Cd, you’ll spot them in a […]

Istanbul Perspective

These two guys were having a quiet drink close to the Galata Tower.  But look at the real picture below to get the full context. Linked to the Photo Friday, Perspective, Sundays […]

Top of the Tower

This cylindrical, stone tower in Istanbul’s ‘new’ town dates from 1348. It was the tallest building in Istanbul when it was built and it still dominates this part of the […]