I forgot to share this with you - I bought these pieces in Istanbul. Such a lovely reminder of the wonderful time I had.

It was about freedom then, and it's about freedom now. I had such a wonderful time in Istanbul, not so long ago. My heart goes out to ...

All good things come to an end. Thank you, I had a wonderful time.

In the streets of Istanbul are these sales people that deserve a Long Service Award. They are at work despite injury, bruising and missing ...

Catch the tram to the Turkish bath, but get off at the wrong stop but find it despite getting lost, which has pretty much been the pattern t...

I walked to Fener in the morning along the streets, then down along the waterfront, then back up into the streets again.  I couldn't fi...

Back along the walkway. Met some students on the ferry, they had 'escaped from school' . We chatted, they practised their English...

I'm such a dork – I had this on my list of places to go to but completely forgot about it – only found it because I thought: Let's ...

Decided not to visit any of the tourist stops and shops, so just walked around the back street and eventually came to the water's edge ...

On the ferry past the Haydarpasa train station – beautiful old building.

On the way back from the pier, as I passed the station and they shoved a pamphlet in my hand - for the Whirling Dervishes. Yay! Performing t...

Bought something at last!

Capture these pictures sitting in one spot and snapping everyone that walked by.

After a day of exhibitions I wanted some time outdoors, so spent the afternoon on the pier. Calm and peaceful. Had a fish burger at one of ...

Up the road from the Istanbul Modern was a wonderful old building, when I got there they had 2 exhibitions running - one was about rugs - Fl...

No photography allowed inside the Istanbul Modern. A wonderful gallery with awesome exhibits. I wrote down the names of some of the artists ...

I took the tram to the other side, then walked the short distance to the Istanbul Modern.