marcus_jb1973: View from the hotel window - you can see the Blue Mosque
marcus_jb1973: London-made clock in Istanbul mosque
marcus_jb1973: Mish-mash of tiles at Rustem Pasa Mosque
marcus_jb1973: All sorts of wheeling and dealing going on in this little back street
marcus_jb1973: Inside the basilica cistern
marcus_jb1973: This cistern is enourmous!
marcus_jb1973: Decorated column in the cistern - presumably re-used from some earlier building
marcus_jb1973: Wooden houses in the Sultanahmet back streets
marcus_jb1973: Probably the most photographed building in Istanbul
marcus_jb1973: Leaning wooden house
marcus_jb1973: One of the domes in the Blue Mosque
marcus_jb1973: Amazing space and peace in the Blue Mosque
marcus_jb1973: Half moon over the Blue Mosque
marcus_jb1973: The cascade of domes
marcus_jb1973: There were hundreds of lamps in a hotel lobby
marcus_jb1973: Outside Hagia Sophia
marcus_jb1973: Balcony in Hagia Sophia with very intricate columns
marcus_jb1973: I would last about 30 seconds in this kitchen before being sea sick! The whole boat rocked around by about 30 degrees from the vertical in all directions!
marcus_jb1973: Crazy rocking fish cooking kitchen boat!
marcus_jb1973: Light well in Topkapi Palace
marcus_jb1973: Amazing tiles everywhere in the harem
marcus_jb1973: Awesome mother of pearl inlay work
marcus_jb1973: Sultan's seat
marcus_jb1973: All this work to hang a light from?
marcus_jb1973: Iznik tiles of the highest quality
marcus_jb1973: Caligraphy and tilework
marcus_jb1973: Under lock and key
marcus_jb1973: The prince's room
marcus_jb1973: In the Harem courtyard
marcus_jb1973: Cass and I at Topkapi Palace