HOSPITABLE. old. fashionable. modern. FRIENDLY. muslims. DELICIOUS FOOD. walking. mosques. hills. museums. the bosphorus. TEA. hookahs. LAMB. kebabs. pita bread. CONSTANTINOPLE. more walking. sunsets. GALATA TOWER. taksim. istiklal street. call to prayer. MORE KEBABS. the blue mosque. hagia sophia. GRAND BAZAAR. spice bazaar. pashminas. EFES BEER. basilica cistern. STREET VENDORS. sufi whirling dervishes. pistachio. POMEGRANATE JUICE. nuts. OTTOMAN EMPIRE. sultans. byzantine empire. hummus. olives. AMAZING CULTURE.
All images taken with my dear Lupe, a Canon Rebel XTI, and a 50 mm 1.4 lens.