View from my room in Conrad Hotel where meeting was held.
My student guide Fatih takes me to local restaurant in Sultanahmet, very cheap and good
Deric at restaurant
Fatih at restaurant
Evening reward for the morning piano and lecture performance
Istiklal Caddesi near my Taksim hotel
Chora Mosque - Byzantine Orthodox Church from 4th Century A.D.
Inside of Chora - beautiful intact byzantine mosaics
Steep route to Fethiye mosque (another converted orthodox church)
Bulgarian Orthodox Church built of cast iron
Interior of iron church
Tomb of Sultan Mehmet (who conquered Constantinople in 1453)
Roof of tomb
Mihriman Hamam roof above heated stone slab on which I got an expert massage
Basilica Cistern (6th century) built by Emperor Justiniand (google istanbul cistern for details)
Topkapi Palace Harem
Harem 2
Harem 3
Palace grounds - mob scene - long lines
Lunch near Topkapi Palace
Deric in front of Blue Mosque (taken by rug merchant who then kidnapped me for 30 min to look at rugs)
Interior of Blue Mosque
Nevizade Sokak (street off of Istiklal cd.) multiple restaurants
Cold appetizer (Meze) choices
Taking the Tram back over to Sultanahmet
The Blue Mosque
Hagia Sofia
The only surviving byzantine orthodox mosaics, unlike Chora Mosque, above
Lunch place on nearby lane.
The lunch, yet another food shot
Ferry to Heybeliada
The ride to the island
Biking around island
Lunch on boat dock with guide Fatih
Funicular from Kabatas (ferry docks) to Taksim Square
and back to Lamartine Hotel
Dinner on Nevizade Sokak
Final Negroni at Mikla Restaurant bar at top of Mara Pera Hotel, looking across at Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sofia, Blue Mosque
