We arrived in Istanbul today. We easily took the metro to the area of Istanbul where our pension is located. We stepped off the metro between Aya Sofya and the Blue Mosque. Beautiful buildings. They are even amazing at night. We will visit tomorrow. I bought a head scarf at the Grand Bazaar today for the occasion. Being a woman, I cannot enter the mosque without my head covered.I found a beautiful turkish silk printed scarf. :O)
For dinner we headed through town and up a hill. Plenty of flat bread and a meze platter to taste all the goods. Everything was delicious. We then stopped in a dessert shop for turkish delight, which is absolutely delightful.
Tomorrow we will wander through Topaki Palace and eat and eat. Everything we have had so far has been wonderful, hope we don't gain 20kg!
