The following photos either have a story to go with them or did not fit into the other photo categories I have posted about Istanbul. Inside the Blue ...
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We can find wall art in just about any city in the world. Istanbul is no different. Here are some I saw there....
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Though I know to carry a scarf and to be prepared to remove my shoes in places of worship across the world, I find it interesting that in many mosques...
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The Basilica Cistern, or Cisterna Basilica, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The phot...
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When I first arrived in Istanbul and was in a tram going along a large street I observed bridal shop after bridal shop. Yes, I saw 20 or 30 all on one...
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Istanbul is a bustling city with mosques, palaces, markets, monuments, parks, and lots of people. It is a city of differences – the old and the ...
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Jewish history dates back 2000 years. The number of Jews in Morocco was at its highest in about 1948 with over 270,00 inhabitants. Many Jews emigrated...
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The lion, the leopard, and the cheetah are the big cats. What magnificent critters! The following are images taken in sequence as this male lion wakes...
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Walking through the cobblestoned streets of Istanbul was an event. In so many places there were trucks and carts and shops. In the mornings and in the...
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There is so many shopping opportunities in Istanbul that it is a wonder anyone knows which shop to enter and what items to purchase. Copies of famous ...
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There are numerous reasons why Islamic woman cover their heads and there are numerous types of head coverings. Some are quite simple, often black with...
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I met many people on the streets of Istanbul both individuals and people in pairs or groups. For me it was not easy to distinguish natives of Istanbul...
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The ceilings and walls of the many mosques in Istanbul are very ornate. Here are my favorites. Also see some treasures that are displayed....
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Though the Camargue area boasts its many flamingos, there are numerous other beautiful birds. I captured images of a few. These love birds doing their...
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The Camargue area of France is in the South of the country and looking at a map you will see that it is quite close to Spain. So much of what we saw h...
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