After seeing the Hagia Sofia it seemed wrong to dive right into another important landmark such as the Blue Mosque, so we decided to just walk the streets of Istanbul and see what we ran into.
Anchovies are a thing here. The anchovies, or Hamsi as they are known in Turkish, run from November to March, and they are beloved here. We are really looking forward to trying them.
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We are seeing vendors that sell simit, or Turkish bagels, everywhere. Wow are they delicious and only TL1 (about US$0.50).
Men sitting around in a group are the same the world over, amiright girls?
We stopped an had fresh squeezed pomegranate juice just outside the Grand Bazaar.
An unattended hookah waiting to be smoked on a street corner.
