View of Istanbul from breakfast cafe

We were just doing the snapshots on the fly this morning. If I had been perkier there were some great pictures to be made on the ferry on our way across the Bosphorus. I'm hoping we'll do a cruise on the river later in the week and get some then.

Istanbul arrival

July 8th 2007
Geo: 39.9439, 32.856I woke up about 5:30 when Kate left to use the facilities. I couldn't get back to sleep because I didn't want to wake up when the train arrived in Istanbul. After I got dressed, I opened the window shade and was able to watch the sunrise on the Bosphorus River that is the dividing line between Europe and Asia here. Right now we are on the Asia side. I saw some duc ... 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

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