Tag: istanbul

One of the things you see time and again on social media about Istanbul is cats. According to these posts you will find cats permeating all corners of the city, but I wasn't quite sure what we would find when we got here.True to the posts, we did, in fact, find cats everywhere. Most seem to be quite friendly, allowing you to pet them with ease. There certainly are cat fights occasionally but these seem to be few and far between.The cats of...

According to Wikipedia, Istanbul as the largest city in the middle east, and as the capital of the Ottoman Empire beginning in 1453, has the largest number of mosques of any city in the world.During our visit we walked through many different parts of the city. Along the way we saw dozens and dozens of mosques, large and small, new and old. There are active mosques that are well maintained and those that have fallen out of use and are falling...