or section of the city. This small section of Istanbul includes six of the ten tourist must see sightseeing locations. When we were here in 2008 we managed to see some of the city including the Grand Bazaar and the Cisterns in our limited time before and after our Black Sea Cruise.

This time (after relocating from the end of now where) we are in a small and friendly hotel just a few blocks from a lot of interesting places.

Several things are noticeable – many of the buildings are brick and stone below with wooded overhanging sections above

typical street

as well as restaurants, hotels and small shops.

and we are not that far from Galipoli

In any case, we are now heading to the airport and back home. Something about teeth….