Last Day in Istanbul

Shamefully the whole of August passed by without a single new post. I'll blame it mostly on my computer crash, although that's not entirely fair since it's been back up for a couple weeks now. Time flies whether you're having fun or not.

I have a few more pictures of Una-na's adventures in Istanbul that I've been meaning to post for the past month. They were taken on our last day in Istanbul.

We took in the sights of Sultanahmet. Here we are in front of Hagia Sophia, originally constructed almost 15 centuries ago.

We were lucky enough to hear a Ottoman style military marching band play before they marched back into Topkapi Palace with much swagger and style.

We made some friends taking pictures in front of the Blue Mosque.

And we had kofte at the one and only Tarihi Selim Usta Sultanahment Koftecisi - roughly translated "The Historical Kofte Maker of Sultanahmet" - which is definitely not to be confused with its many imitators. My DH, undaunted by onlookers, helps me with Una-na's pose. However I'm fairly sure he prefers to remain anonymous in the context of this post.