the cobbled alleys..

my feet did a lot of work in Istanbul. we walked and walked and walked everywhere. most of the time down the lovely cobbled streets. first in taksim, beyoglu and of course the divine sultanahmet area.

i particularly enjoyed our walks down istiklal caddesi towards beyoglu, a seedy area that has now turned into a really hip area with many art galleries and local designer wear galleries.

we took a turn into one of these alleys, just wandering about exploring where the little streets would take us. with the lovely cool weather, i was in seventh heaven. we even stumbled on a quaint little church hidden among the brambles.

sigh...