My first impressions of Turkey are good. It is clean and safe and the there is history everywhere you look. Old walls from Roman times are used to form the back walls of a cell phone shop. Women dressed in a range of fashion, from modern Parisian to burkas (excluding the eye mesh). Men carry beads and drink hot tea from a glass. When there is a call to prayer I only see some people going into the mosque; there is no street prayer that I've seen. If there are homeless people here they are more hidden than in Paris.
Did a lot of stuff today, including:
A walk through the spice market. Very fragrent.
A visit to the Blue Mosque.
A boat trip from Europe to Asia. $2.70 round trip.
This the site of the recent attack on tourists.
