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Istanbul interesting stuff

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Istanbul interesting stuff is all over the place. Make sure you walk slowly and pay attention to very small things wherever you go. One thing to note is you will enjoy looking at all the different restaurants with food from all over the world. Don’t hesitate to try them out. I found the quality of food and turkey to be extremely good.

a temple in the old bazaar area
a hookah used at a local Turkish coffee shop. It can get pretty noisy with all the bubbling sounds
The national Republic Memorial atTaksim
Interesting decoration at this time of year, February
a somewhat secluded church dedicated to Saint Anthony of Pauda
an alleyway of bars near Pera palace Hotel. Be a little bit careful here. The bartender put a bowl of peanuts on the table with the beer and no comment. Later he tried to charge me quite a bit of money for the peanuts which I refused to pay.
These are the peanuts for which I was unwittingly charged
an interesting meat stew with bread and tea which is normally free but they tried to charge the tourists for tea
People enjoying the evening on the small bar street
This was one of my favorites which I always hoped they provided with the light green colored spicy pepper pickles
You can see from the pictures above that they are trying to say the Ottoman ice cream is served in flat layers
I didn’t know there was such a thing as pink tea leaves
This was down at a fish restaurant at the fishing port which was fairly expensive and not much seafood. I didn’t think it was worth it
at the port with all the fish being sold in the open this fellow is in heaven
This is a model of the old Hill cable car
a church celebrating Santa Maria
I didn’t know until I came here that Dubai made chocolate and it is so famous but I was not interested in trying it
You will see this is sort of the typical arrangement with some meat or main vegetable dish and then raw vegetables and stuff just put on the side
a view of Istanbul from my favorite coffee shop. They also serve delicious ice cream
I wonder where they keep the arrival weapons at the airport
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