For Rent

I decided to help my parents try and rent a new piece of property they had. I posted a For Rent sign and waited to see who would respond. Well finally someone moved in a few months ago. I had been waiting to meet the new tenants and today I finally saw them!

The sign should really come down now but I don't want to disrupt our new tenants. You can see two of them sticking their heads out.

Three squeezed into one window.

Waiting for Momma to bring them some food.

Still waiting...

I missed Momma bird feeding the babies but caught them anxiously waiting for breakfast.

Hagia Sophia (Istanbul)

One of my favorite sites was Hagia Sophia. It was built as a Christian Church, later converted into a Mosque and is currently a museum.

The dome was not constructed correctly so you can see how it is not longer perfectly circular.

Grand Bazaar & Spice Market (Istanbul)

If you go to Istanbul you have to go to the Grand Bazaar! What a place with over 4,000 shops.

It is a maze of shops and very easy to get lost.

We also went to the Spice Market and stocked up on spices.

We had our picture taken with the spice shop owner who we bought spices from. He is wonderful and explained all the spices to us and let us try samples of the product.

Turkish Delight. I tried it but didn't like it.

I fell in love with all the lanterns!! They were everywhere and I couldn't stop taking photos of them. Here are a few of my favorites.

We did some damage in this shop buying lanterns & bowls. Had to have a photo with the shop worker who helped us.