The second non-diving trip this year. We visited Pelin a week in September. Istanbul (where she lives and studies) and Izmir (her home town).
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Pelin with boyfriend Hüseyin
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Kemal Ataturk always present
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The Mecidiye mosque at the foot of the Bosphor...
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immobile guard, in spite of japanese tourists
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view across the Golden Horn
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Pelin & Steina
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Pelin
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Pelin och Steina
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Botte shooting
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interior
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Pelin and Steina
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Blue Mosque
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Archangel Gabriel
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Enthroned Virgin and Child
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Umberellas
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Steina and Pelin
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one of many kiosks
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nice ceiling
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beautiful Iznik tiles
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3D marble jigsaw with tourist and guide
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ornaments
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336 pillars support the ceiling of this water ...
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Medusa-head at base of pillar
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Blue Mosque and Hagia Sofia
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a coffee shop on the asian side
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en route to Princes' Islands (Kizil Adalar)
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view of greater Istanbul
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waiting for a pilot to pass the Bosphorus
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view of greater Istanbul
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No motor traffic on the island
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on our way home
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Deniz (Pelin's mother), Steina and Pelin
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The amfi-theater is still used (Pelin has been...
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Steina, Pelin and Deniz
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Hornets (dangerous looking) live in the wall
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respect!
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Facade of the library of Celsus, 2nd century
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The world's biggest jigsaw, many tens of thous...
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Steina was facinated by the 1000 years old sew...
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floor mosaic
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in front of the theater
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... exchanged photographer
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Venus, sort of
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Penis, sort of
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15-20 different local fruit wines, tasty, actu...
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on the balcony
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at the table
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bargain hunting at the local market
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guess what he's selling
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bras
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Doktor = healthy
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aubergines
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nice flower
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sales woman at an Izmir market place
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dead fish in the market place
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dead calamar at the market place
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dead fish at the market place
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fish salesman at the market place
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Olives. A few different kinds!
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I'm soo hot!
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rose pepper as a city tree
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A tiny mosque in downtown Izmir
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Deniz and Pelin, waiting for coffee
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evening light
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Mr Dentist the neigbour is fixing the dinner
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Hi hi hi
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Hayri, accomplished chef! And accomplished sto...
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Flamingo (
Phoenicopterus ruber)
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Dragon-fly
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Up in the bird-watcher tower
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Wing-broken Western Barn owl (
Tyto alba)
