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Album:2009:10-14 Europe Teaching:10-22 Istanbul Blues
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Holy cow. Visa line.
( comments)
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Welcome to Istanbul,
kind of. ( comments)
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Okay, so this toy
is a freakin' NIGHTMARE. [Video, 1.2M] ( comments)
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Checking out the main drag
in Istanbul ( comments)
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It's open late, and lit up
and fantastic ( comments)
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A train rolls through
the main drag [Video, 1M] ( comments)
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Here comes a train,
down the main drag ( comments)
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The main street
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We stop in a crowded alley
to get some libations ( comments)
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And I attack Ursi
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So, Istanbul has approximately
73 cats per human ( comments)
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And 4 million kittens.
( comments)
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Some touristy monument thing.
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Walking the alleys
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Overlooking the city...
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..from atop a hotel
that has a Tango dance. There was a captivating woman there, but I don't know how to Tango dance, and that makes me chickenshit. Ah well. ( comments)
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The Taxi square
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Walking the main drag
in the daytime. ( comments)
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Hal(l)ey is chocolate!
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Did I mention the kittens?
( comments)
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..Because they are everywhere
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And they are adorable.
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Monument thing in the daytime
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What does this photo
tell you about Turkish living? ( comments)
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More TV please!
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Sneaky photo
of the Blue Mosque which had an enormous line to get in, but a small crack in the window ( comments)
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I gotta say,
it doesn't look very Blue. ( comments)
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And attached to it is this.
Awesome. A museum of carpet. ( comments)
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More holiness
across the street. ( comments)
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A church becomes a mosque,
thanks to some large, hanging placards. ( comments)
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Which is under construction
(note irony of "Jesus Rays" entering building) ( comments)
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Looking through some.. beautiful stonework
( comments)
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Old wall mural
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Blues mosque out the window
(made by combining two sources with different exposures) ( comments)
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Into the dungeon!
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Spot the holiness in the photo
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Did I mention the cats?
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Kitty warmth
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The mosque
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At the dance studio
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Heading towards the "mall"
there is hawking of goods everywhere ( comments)
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The Grand Bazaar
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..is a phenomenally endless collection
of the same three shops over and over. ( comments)
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Ursi
( comments)
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Awesome Organizer Banu
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Most cats are friendly.
And if you pet one... ( comments)
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Another will show up.
( comments)
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The quiet Nevra and the absurd Dave
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I see this cat, regal in a doorway.
Yet he is flea-ridden, matted and dirty. Only a cat can pull off regal like that. Wonderful. ( comments)
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