Fresh squeezed orange juice
Another coffee break on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Istanbul
Beautiful flowers everywhere we went
Poor bent over little lady
Orange juice stand
Another restaurant we ate at in town
Not much activity on a Sunday afternoon in town
Lots of good food
Make a choice
Carrots, peas and mushrooms, yum!
Cappy juice....
Here we are enjoyed lunch
Dessert!
Anna running to the ATM to get more money for shopping later today.
Tim is trying to pretend to be interested in what the ladies are talking about, I am sure he is...really!
Here come the trains.
Fast food stands everywhere
The beginning of our walk up to the palace.
Walking though a quant neighborhood to the palace, actually the wall of the palace is the back of these homes
Walking through a quant neighborhood to the palace.
As you can see the palace wall is tied in to the houses here.
Beautiful flowers and plants along the way.
Entrance to the palace
Inside the walls
Over 1,200 people lived at the palace
View over the river from the palace grounds.
This is a lay out of the palace so that you see how big it actually is.
The kitchen chimneys. The kitchen had to be huge to cook for all the people living there.
Getting ready to head inside where all the jewels are and other fancy stuff. I know that sounds technically but I am trying to keep it simple.
The ceiling above the entrance
Main entrance to meet the Sultan
Another view of the kitchen
They told me that I was next to be greeted by the Sultan but all I got was this cat to come out and visit with me. I must not have much stroke with the big guys here.
The welcome room
I couple discussing which way to go
Beautiful doors
Hand laid floors with little stones
This lady was showing Diane to the W.C.
Nice view for coffee
Great chocolate cake, coffee and friends
Don't want to go there.
Fountain in the swimming pool
The pool house to change in.
Guess room
Nice cell phone! I think she was taking a picture of me.
Do we have to go through one more museum today?
Do you have any liquids? Nothing over 3 ounces in your carry on.
Do you need a map, we have a map? Special just for you my friend. you my best customer today.
Ok let's round these people up and go home!
Now where do we go?
Crosswalks, what crosswalks?
Red light means cross, I think!
Catch anything today?
Our hotel in Istanbul, it was nice.
Not much happening on Sunday plus they were holding local elections
All the ships docked for the evening waiting to get into dock in the morning.
We are heading to the airport early in the morning like 1:00 a.m. for head back to USA. It has been an incredible 2 weeks in Turkey, We have seen and experienced so much.
