Sunday, April 19, 2009

Now it's Istanbul not Constantinople

Pictures from Istanbul (pics from Damascus coming soon!)


Eating lunch on the docks. Yummy fish cooked right there!

Blue Mosque

Mosque by the water

Grand Bazaar

Turkish Delight

Smelling the wonderful tea


Spice Market


More Spice Market


Choosing my birthday present :-)


Bazaar lamps

Grand Bazaar


Hagia Sophia


Archway into the palace grounds

Haggia Sophia

6 comments:

Kelly said...

I love the jewelry! Did you get one? It's so interesting that everything is so precise, everything has it's place and it's so tidy! What a fun place to visit!

Liz and Karl said...

Yeah, it's really fun and overwhelming (in a good shop-a-holic kind of way). Karl bought me a really pretty bracelet for my birthday, now I just have to wait 2 months before I am allowed to have it :-)

Jeanine said...

we are feeling very middle-eastern today... Last night Gillian made date-bars and they are yummy and good - and we are eating too mnay of them them today!

Liz and Karl said...

Cool! I don't think I have ever had date bars before. You have to make sure to take pictures of those cute kids when they do stuff like that so I can see it on your blog!

Dad said...

You are making me jealouse! But then I have seen most of the Orient, so I can't complain.
Mom and I send our love. Miss you all.

mkelley55 said...

Karl must have had a great time smelling all the spices and foods in the bazaar.