Blue Mosque dome

Day 2 - Istanbul - Aya Sophia, The Blue Mosque, The Grand Bazaar and The Spice Market.

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June 11th 2011
We've been pretty busy today being tourists. The weather hasn't been great but it has been good for doing all the walking that we've done today. Deb is feeling fine but Terry has blisters on the soles of his feet, his arthritic knee is hurting and he's got Deb's cold. We started the day by walking across the Galata Bridge to the other side of the Golden Horn. The bridge ... read more

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Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more