Friday, September 24, 2010

Istanbul part2

In the harbour a man and his pickles...
A man and his big jar of leeches...
A man and his lollies at the spice markets...
A man and his spices...
The Grand Bazzar...
Opposite the Blue Mosque, the other one (forget it's name)...
From a rooftop bar, looking over the city...
Kebap assortment for dinner...
Inside the other mosque...


Mosaic tiles...

Mary and baby jesus mosaic...

Istanbul part1

In the courtyard of the palace, moustache men making music...


One of the many pavilions...
Inside another one...
And another one...


Inside another one...
And another one...
Tiles inside the palace...
Eggplant kebap and tea...
Having a fag whilst making popcorn...

Wish pigeons, apparently if you feed them and make a wish it'll come true...
Sandwiches!
The Blue Mosque...
Inside roof...
Inside the Blue Mosque, man vacuuming...
Ramadan holiday, everyone picnicking in the shade of the mosque gardens...
Stray kittens everywhere...
On the bus out of Istanbul on the way to Greece..


Sunday, September 19, 2010

Roma Pt1

On the plane from Sardinia to Rome, the Mediterranean...Raddiccio and chilli pasta...
Walking along the river...
Teeny orange house...
Spot the ill placed pigeon...


View of ruins and colosseum...


Tasty pizza restaurant, Buffetto and a litre of wine...
Zucchini flower and eggplant pizza, plus spicy salami...
Got kicked off our table cause of the line up to get in...
Dessert at the fountain...

Roma Pt2

Inside the vatican - so very ornate... Nath in the middle of all the marble...



Tasty lunch at Dino e Toni's...

A gladiator checkin out Erinn's arm at the colosseum...
Outside...
Inside...

Everybody look like ants...