We meet up with my cousin and his friends, and explore the grandly overwhelming Topkapi Palace and the atmospheric Basilica …
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Istanbul from a 14th-century tower
High above Istanbul! Also: restaurant kitties, steaming shrimp, and baklava.

Daily strolls in Istanbul
Another post to make you hungry. And cat lovers, rejoice.

Across the Bosphorus: a so-called tower and the best restaurant in Istanbul
Ferry rides, a 2500-year-old tower, the best restaurant in Istanbul, and a very strange candied walnut.
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A long day around Istanbul by foot, tram, and füniküler
Two very good meals, some sketches, a photobooth pic, and a mini geography lesson.
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