Leaving Istanbul

Took van ride to the air, morning rush hour was interesting with our crazy driver. IST business lounge is amazing , IST is a very modern and lovely airport

Arriving Bucharest. Eating dinner at Allucinante Italian restaurant.

Going to the Spice Bazaar in the morning, drinking tea at Beta Tea House, see a cat family mama with 7 kittens.

Came back to hotel and had lunch at Old Konak

Grand Bazaar

Tea time at BELLİHAN GOURMET,

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Visit Blue Mosque for one more time.

Dinner at Garden 1897 Restaurant

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More shots Blue Mosque during the night

Ferry to Asia side Eminönü Ferry Terminal destino a Arnavütkoy, to Kadıköy İskele

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Start roaming around this part of Asian side of Istanbul, lots of interesting stores and food😁

Coffee at Kurukahveci Zeynel Bey

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Got some dessert from Hafız Mustafa

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Then we encountered the Blue Mosque night vision, so pretty 😊

Visited Suleymaniye Mosque Süleymaniye Camii, about 15 minutes walk from our hotel. Again the hotel breakfast is still the champ😁

Galata Towero, took taxi from mosque to Galata Tower, line was long and is about 45 Euro, so we skipped, and strolled around the local shops, was really good, Nono got some tea glasses.

Lunch at Kervan Kebab Grıll

Was going to visit Dolmabahçe Palace Dolmabahçe Sarayı, but too many people gave up

Went back to hotel and visited İBB Beyazıt Küllük Büfe got some good latte.

Beyazit Mosque Square Beyazıt Meydanı

Grand Bazaar was so near by, main building is closed for weekend, but near by stores are all open, mainly clothing and shoes, fake ones😁

Bosphorus Cruise, 3 of us went, ShuTing stayed at the hotel. Bus picked up up from hotel, traffic was heavy to the port, but the cruise was good.

First day trip for Istanbul, going to be a busy day, ate at the hotel for breakfast, very good food. We will be staying here for 5 nights, so this is a good thing.

First place did today is Topkapi Palace, the headquarter of the Ottoman Empire built in 1400.

Lunch at Sultan Palace Cafe Restaurant

Blue Mosque, everyone has to take the shoes off. It’s a big musk, with the celebration Eid, lots of people were praying as well, but it’s all nice and quiet.

Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi, another mosque, it was a Orthodox church during Byzantine, changed to mosque during Ottoman, change to museum 1935, then to mosque in 2020.

Basilica Cistern, underground water palace museum

Eat dinner at The Must Turkish Restaurant