Istanbul Scrapbook, Day 2
18 Jul 2013
Welcome to the severely jet-lagged portion of our trip, during which we still managed to do some exploring and discover some fun things.
There’s nothing like waking up to the sunrise, but waking up just before it and hearing the call to prayer is pretty special. Thankfully, we had bought some basic breakfast foods the night before, since I am sure no one would have sold us a simit at 5:30am.
Galata was an amazing area to explore, even if we ended up wandering down a lot of streets under construction. How cars wind through the hills on those tiny narrow streets was and is a mystery to me!
The Koska underlay is actually from the bag we got at the baklava store, and I’m bummed that I couldn’t get it to lay perfectly flat. It resisted all glues! But I am still glad that I have it there because it reminds me of our first stroll down İstiklâl Caddesi.
Here are a few of our favorite neighborhood finds, plus another shot of that irresistible sunrise.
My friend Hillary just gave me a huge bag of paper, and I have been using it very liberally. Love these colors.
Rooftop gardens, with the Golden Horn in the distance. Glorious.
Beautiful metro sign, though this ivy doesn’t hold a candle to the Rapunzel vines we saw swinging through Cihangir.
And one more of this crazy beautiful sunrise. Jet lag is sort of a special case, but despite knowing that I will be wrecked by the early afternoon, I love catching the first hours of the day. The day before you is so long and so wide, and you can watch everyone and everything wake up and stretch their limbs and go into motion. It’s the very best consolation prize jet lag can offer.
Jul 18, 2013 @ 04:20:13
Wow. Just as I imagined it would be! The sunrise is simply fabulous. You know, I think the professor might have perished had he been there! 😉
Jul 20, 2013 @ 13:18:23
Thank you! It is truly a wondrous city. Perhaps it will get its PL equivalent someday! 🙂
Jul 20, 2013 @ 13:21:01
Maybe it already has one. Dou-Shui?
Jul 20, 2013 @ 13:37:24
Ah yes, of course! 🙂
Jul 18, 2013 @ 06:08:36
Ah, Istanbul! What a magical place. My heart sang seeing these scrapbook pages, remembering my own few but special Istanbul days. Let’s go back!
Jul 20, 2013 @ 13:17:33
Yes indeed! There is still so much more to see!
Jul 18, 2013 @ 07:39:33
What a trip down memory lane.. we were there just a few weeks ago.. though now it seems months ago.. still need to go through those pictures.
Jul 20, 2013 @ 13:20:47
Can’t wait to see yours! I know, it took me forever to go through mine and choose which ones to order for the scrapbook. I think I had 900 or so, and Eric had just as many with his DSLR. I put it off for a long time, so it’s good to be finally putting these pages together!
Jul 18, 2013 @ 15:43:44
Oh I was so excited to see this as your post for the day! I especially loved the description of the light street. We ran across that one I think the lock street too. Can’t wait to see more…
Jul 20, 2013 @ 13:24:48
Oh, I don’t think we found lock street! There are definitely more pages to come, I’m just alternating between Istanbul and Project Life. But maybe someday I will get all caught up! And in the meantime, at least I’m having fun:)
Jul 19, 2013 @ 11:35:23
I’m loving these Istanbul scrapbook pages. It makes me wish I had done them for our holidays! I’m not sure I’d know where to start!
Jul 20, 2013 @ 13:35:04
Thank you! Getting started is totally the hardest part! It took me months just to choose which photos to use and then another month to choose papers and such…and now I am still working on it almost a year later, in tiny increments. I am a big fan of the idea of better late than never! 🙂