Month: October 2012

View from the top of the Maiden's Tower

Across the Bosphorus: a so-called tower and the best restaurant in Istanbul

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Ferry rides, a 2500-year-old tower, the best restaurant in Istanbul, and a very strange candied walnut.

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Fountain with Blue Mosque in background

A long day around Istanbul by foot, tram, and füniküler

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Two very good meals, some sketches, a photobooth pic, and a mini geography lesson.

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Mixed pide

Scrambled eggs and flatbreads in Istanbul: menemen, gözleme, pide

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Scrambled eggs and flatbreads: menemen, gözleme, pide.

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Three watercolor sketches of nude man kneeling or sitting

London life sketches (NSFW)

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Better late than never: promised sketches from London life drawing session.

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Turkish breakfast plate

Istanbul: Turkish breakfast and Black Sea cuisine

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Two quite different restaurant experiences.

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Fishermen on the Golden Horn

Istanbul: Meatballs and mosques

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Half this post is köfte (meatballs).

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Pistachio phyllo rolls

Istanbul: Turkish fast food and an upstairs view

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A random restaurant visit, and dessert made from chicken breast. Yep.

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