Istanbul continues to win my heart. Meeting with the US Consulate was spectacular, and really reaffirmed the fact that I want to work for the government and be intensely involved in Middle Eastern policy. Yesterday we toured the AyaSofya, which is absolutely magnificent, and then went to the Blue Mosque, then the Grand Bazaar (google image all of these, so you can know just how impressive it all is!). Additionally, the weather was terrible. It was raining hard all day long, but we walked all day and got soaked. Definitely did not bring enough warm gear with me. We had a free day today, so I went to a ex-pat church in the morning and then took a ferry with three friends to the Asian side of Istanbul. It was really great to cruise across the Bosporus and then explore on foot an new town. We walked around, got some great food, and had a blast looking at everything around us....Istanbul is beautiful!
Well, the post is going to be short because there are 202 pictures in the slideshow below....sorry, but I didn't have time to edit them down or add captions. But Istanbul photographs well, so have a look.
Tomorrow we go to a university to meet students and attend class, then it is on to Ankara; the Turkish capital and site of a huge shrine to Ataturk. Only 5 days left in Turkey!
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