Istanbul on a clear day

As promised (see yesterday's blog), here are a few snaps of Istanbul that we took yesterday afternoon, on our way back to the Asian side of town. As you can see from above, Istanbulites don't let a fine view of Sultanahmet and the Golden Horn get in the way of the serious business of fishing! All ages, and as you can see, both genders get in the act. This is at the Karaköy ferry terminal, in the late afternoon.

We then hopped onto the ferry back to the Asian side, and enjoyed nice views of that side of the city—the sun was behind us, at that point, and the light was pretty good at that hour.

(As always, click onto an image if you want to see the full-size version.)

Finally, just before arriving at our stop (Kadaköy), our ferry made a pitstop at Haydarpaşa—a train station built in 1908 as, according to Rough Guides, "part of Germany's grandiose plans for a Berlin to Bagdad railway...." Ok, so that never quite happened, but at least we're lucky to still have that grandiose structure on the shores of the Bosphorus.