Old City of Istanbul, Turkey

Making yummy bread!
These pictures (one above and the next few below) are all of the Hagia Sofia. One of the most famous buildings in the world. Read my blog post dated on Oct 27 (you'll have to click on "older posts" at the bottom of this page to find it) to find out a wee bit of history of this fascinating building.
You probably recognize this famous mosaic inside the Sofia.


The above picture is the outside of the Hagia Sofia.
This above pic is of the large mosque in Europe - the Blue Mosque.



Made some friends. Had opportunity to share with them. May the Father continue to grow those seeds...
These are men's shoes...I'd love to see some of you wearing these. Talk about confident!
Our favourite waiter. He's breaking the ceramic pot that he cooked our stewed veggies and chicken in over the fire! YUM!!
Loved the little seats and tables.
Still loving and sporting our wet gear. We definitely made a fashion statement everywhere we went. Even wearing the rubber wet pants (thanks so much Linda for keeping me dry).
We LOVED the spice market!


The olives are for you, Andrew.
They sell roasted corn everywhere, so we had to try it. Notice my face (you may need to enlarge it) - very unimpressed. Turns out to be what we call in Canada "cow corn." Yuck!
This fascinated me. These are leeches in this jar. And the sign above it says (according to our cultural informer Eileen) that they are for sale to be used for skin diseases and all sorts of medical treatments. Sounds like a load of something else to me...
Washing feet before entering the mosque for prayer time. The outside of the mosque is lined with this marble footwashing station. Only men allowed to use this particular one. Women have a separate place to wash.