Week 32: Istanbul (posted by Annie)

On Sunday, February 1, we drove from Gallipoli to Istanbul, and dropped Dad of at the airport for his interviews in Atlanta. The remaining Morris's walked around Istanbul.

The next day, we walked over the Golden Horn, saw all of the old Turkish men fishing. We also walked to Galata Tower, which was very old and interesting.

We awoke again to gray skies, but decided to read our Kindles in Gülhane Park, the old Ottoman royal gardens.

We also saw the Obelisk of Theodosius, a tall tower from Egypt with hieroglyphs on it.

We decided to eat Lunner at a restaurant that made AMAZING baked potatoes.

The next day, we (finally) awoke to blue skies, and went to Dolmabahçe Palace, which had beautiful gardens, and breathtaking stonework on the building. 

Once again, we had blue skies. we thought it was a good opportunity to go to the Asian side of Istanbul. we got bread rings, and later ate mouth-watering mussels. 

Once dad returned from his trip to Atlanta, we did some big touristy things like visit the Hagia Sophia and ride a boat along the Bosphorus. We also found time to go to a local Anglican Church for a Sunday service.

Most of all, there has been a lot of cold rain.