{"id":6903,"date":"2016-10-26T22:28:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T05:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=6903"},"modified":"2016-10-26T22:28:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T05:28:47","slug":"istanbul-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/26\/istanbul-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Istanbul — Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

After arriving in Istanbul, we stayed at a small apartment that we reserved with AirBnB. The apartment was located in the Beyoglu area of Istanbul. Beyoglu is situated on one of the seven hills that comprise Istanbul. This image was made looking down the street on the morning after we arrived.<\/p>\n

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Kumberaci Yokusu Street, Beyoglu, Istanbul<\/p><\/div>\n

After visiting the Grand Bazaar, we headed down the street, towards the sea. This is an image looking backu up the busy street.<\/p>\n

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Street Scene Near Grand Bazaar, Istanbul<\/p><\/div>\n

Here is another from the same street. I included the person on the right side of the image, that improves the image.<\/p>\n

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Street Scene Near Grand Bazaar, Istanbul, No 2<\/p><\/div>\n

There are several colorful building in Istanbul. I could not resist the pastel pink hues in this image of the window boxes in the pink wall.<\/p>\n

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Window Box And Pink Wall, Istanbul<\/p><\/div>\n

Walking back to the area near the Blue Mosque, we met Yunus and friends.<\/p>\n

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Yunus And Friends, Istanbul<\/p><\/div>\n

Here is another image of the three of us.<\/p>\n

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Yunus And Us, Istanbul<\/p><\/div>\n

Here is Angela in another street scene.<\/p>\n

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Street Scene In Beyoglu, Istanbul<\/p><\/div>\n

Here is another scene outside our apartment in Beyoglu.<\/p>\n

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Street Scene In Beyoglu, Istanbul, No 2<\/p><\/div>\n

On our third day, we met Paula. I last met Paula after completing university, about 40 years ago. This was a great reunion after all these years. Here is an image of Paula made while chatting to Angela.<\/p>\n

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Paula D, Istanbul<\/p><\/div>\n

The following day we started our tour of Turkey. Watch this space!<\/p>\n

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