Galata Bridge, Istanbul
February 21, 2015
Connecting the old and new parts of the European side, it’s lined with mostly fish stores
Connecting the old and new parts of the European side, it’s lined with mostly fish stores
The 1973 Bosphorus Bridge, linking Europe and Asia by road for the first time, rises above older buildings on European side
One of many mosques to be seen; this one is 19th century
Two workers share an outdoor breakfast outside a tiny kitchen
A switch engine on the Orient Express’s old track; in background a Marmaray train that uses the new tunnel under the Bosphorus
Built in 1888 on the banks of the Bosphorus; a new project has given the station new life.
Along Istanbul streets, clever snowmen serve as snowpiles; this one also serves a cold beer!
At a pickle shop, an assortment of cucumber, cabbage, baby melon and beet pickles. Pickle juice was the beverage of choice.
At an Istanbul “locantsi” the tea-maker is key to everything
At a restaurant whose name means “I’m Here!” foods of Turkey’s Black Sea coast area
Connecting the old and new parts of the European side, it’s lined with mostly fish stores
The 1973 Bosphorus Bridge, linking Europe and Asia by road for the first time, rises above older buildings on European
One of many mosques to be seen; this one is 19th century
Two workers share an outdoor breakfast outside a tiny kitchen
A switch engine on the Orient Express’s old track; in background a Marmaray train that uses the new tunnel under
Built in 1888 on the banks of the Bosphorus; a new project has given the station new life.
Along Istanbul streets, clever snowmen serve as snowpiles; this one also serves a cold beer!
At a pickle shop, an assortment of cucumber, cabbage, baby melon and beet pickles. Pickle juice was the beverage of
At a restaurant whose name means “I’m Here!” foods of Turkey’s Black Sea coast area