Mosques and Minarets
April 21st 2007 The first and best thing I noticed about Istanbul when flying in, was that it’s not ‘just another European city’ and also perhaps not quite what I had imagined.
It’s surrounded by water - clean looking water - and its skyline is punctured with the minarets of the many mosques located all over the city.
I was impatient to get to our hotel and be able to explore the city further. Naturally,
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