Istanbul Day 3

I had the morning to move from my hostel to the hotel for the conference, and then spare time to wander around before meeting a friend i just made. There was a marathon going on! The day was spent visiting mosques, spice bazaar and having apple tea and soaking up the Istanbul atmosphere along the streets (:

Marathon + Hagia Sophia/Ayasofya in the background

The pictures will do the talking in this post, after all, a picture is worth a thousand words right? Enjoy!

Ayasofya

Inside the Ayasofya

Blue Mosque in the distance

Interior of the Blue Mosque

it's so amazingly intricate!

Man selling some sort of sweets along the roadside

it melts like ice cream?! haha.

Beautiful cafe where we had apple tea

Outside the spize bazaar

Entrance of the spize bazaar

tons and tons of spices!

Rested our legs at a park near Topkapi palace

Then i headed back to the hotel for a much needed rest before meeting the people coming for the 5th NATO Afghan Students Forum for an informal dinner. Then the several long days of conference + fun began...