Captions

Since blogger makes it extremely difficult to put multiple pictures in a post I'm just going to write the captions here for the photos in the below.

Starting from the bottom:

Some palm trees covered in snow. The first week I was here Istanbul saw the temperature drop lower than it's been in 50 years. My teammates responded by throwing snowballs. All the time. At everyone.

One of the walking streets in the center of Istanbul. I took this picture when the stream of people abated. It was mid-day on a Saturday.

A mosque. In Istanbul. Somewhere. I don't know the name or where it was, I had just gotten off the bus at a random stop. But cool mosque.

One of two pictures I took in the Grand Bazaar. I had to leave within 5 minutes because I was swarmed by vendors. It would be a really cool place as long as you are able to blend in with the crowd. Unfortunately that is not one of my skills. I wouldn't make a very good ninja.

A picture of the outside of my hotel. It's really old. Like 18th century. The building to the left is abandoned, and best I can tell, is only used as a house for homeless dogs. Regardless, my hotel is still a "luxury" hotel as they call it in Turkey.