Istanbul

Have been slack with my blog, have not had a lot of spare time to keep it up to date, also when we did have a bit of time the internet was not much good. Have got a bit of time sitting at the airport waiting for our flight so have got a chance to do some posting.

Istanbul is a very busy city, traffic is crazy, 20 million people live here, that is only 4 million less than Australia's entire population!

We visited the Blue Mosque which really was stunning. We really have been very privileged to see such wonderful sights.

Visited Ayasofya which had been a church, then a mosque and now a museum, the buiding was enormous.

Saw some of the ancient mosaics inside Ayasofya

We visited Topkapi Palace most impressive

We did a cruise along the Boshporus which was very enjoyable.

Lots of Mosques and the prayer call going out is really atmospheric.

We visited the spice market and got to go up stairs into one of the areas above the shop, then afterwards got caught in a human traffic jam trying to get out of the market, quite an experience.