Istanbul Day 4 - 7

Who said it was just all work and no play?
Here's a picture post about all the great food and fun, etc during the conference! and it was during these times that we all bonded very much (:

Kadir Has University! where the conference was held.

Turkish food: day 1 lunch.

Beautiful Istanbul city

A sweet Turkish dessert, no idea what it's made of but it's very filling!

View on our night cruise

One's supposed to make a wish when the cruise passes under the Bosphurus bridge and it'll come true!

Yummy appetisers on the cruise

Boat and view of the sea at a small park outside the uni

Kabul Dreams, an Afghan rock band performing!!

A fruit stall at night in Taksim

Mussels and rice - no idea what it's called but it's sooo good! Roadside stalls are the best!

The most horrible drink ever. Seriously. hahaha

Dolmabahçe Palace

Inside cafe place where we had nargile, or shisha as we know it.

I think we had apple and mint...i can't remeber haha.

Turkish coffee! and when you're finished, your coffee cup can be read - smth like tea leaves reading or palm reading

This dessert is made of chicken. WHO HEARD OF A CHICKEN DESSERT?! but it actually tastes really good!

Galata Tower at night.

And that concludes the fun part of the conference. But i stayed on another day or so to further explore Istanbul, together with a few others. Our lovely hospitable Turkish friends brought us around over the weekend. Saving that for the next post (:

bisous!