Istanbul

Today we got up about 8 and had breakfast which was green and black olives, four different types of cheese, and bread with cherry and strawberry jam. Then we rode a bus to Cemberlitas where I met her cousin Alp at the restaurant he manages. We then went to Topkapi Palace which is where the Ottoman Sultans lived, I saw a 82 carat diamond and tons of emeralds and rubies but you were not allowed to take pictures ın there. We spent like 3 hours there so then we went to lunch where I had a doner kabob which I am not sure what kind of meat it was but it tasted like roastbeef on pıta bread. Then we went to the Basilica Cistern it was pretty neat and had some Medusa heads in it. We then went to Hagia Sophia where we saw the wishing stone. You put your thumb in it and turn your hand till you get back to the same spot. We then went to the Blue Mosque where I had to wear a scarf and everyone still stared at me because I am now the foreign girl. It was pretty but it smelled like feet. We then got on the train and went to Kabatas where there was a nice view of Bosphorus. We got back at about 9:30 and had supper where I ate Dolma which is grape leaves stuffed with rice and green beans in olive oil, yogurt, vegetable soup, bread. That all for now enjoy the pictures! I think tomorrow we might go look at a more modern mosque and then go to a mall to do some shopping!!!!!!