Istanbul Province/Istanbul, Turkey

The multiple domes and arches of the Sultanahmet (Blue) Mosque

A man washing his feet after an afternoon prayer.

Rolling his goods down the back streets of Istanbul.

The colorful inside of the Mosque dimly lit accepting of the masses of people that descend upon it each day for prayer.

Rolling his goods down the back streets of Istanbul.

The centuries old Basilica Cistern that sits below the ground in busy Istanbul.

Hagia Sophia Museum

The exotic spices of the Spice Market in Istanbul

Spices, spices, & more spices!

The entrance to the Grand Bazaar. Self proclaimed to be the "oldest mall" in the world with over 4,000 vendors. This is truly a site to see that feels like a city within a city.

The thousands of shoppers walking through the labyrinth of shops and stores of the Grand Bazaar.

It's is hard to describe this photo, and the angle at which this boat is sitting, is the actual angle it at while rocking from the waves of the Bosphorus. What you can't see is that the boat is an actual floating grill made up of an armada of other floating boats that grill up a speciality of Turkish fish. The fish is cooked on the boat and then passed overboard to the waiters who serve it up alfresco to the patrons sitting on land.

Some of the colorful displays of light fixtures that dangle throughout the Bazaar. The Manu smells, colors, and people that scatter the Bazaar is what makes it so "Grand".