A trip to Asia

Today we all got on a ferry and crossed over to Asia. After we got over the fact that we were crossing from continent to continent in the span of twenty minutes (well, strike that, I'm still not over that), we sat and enjoyed the ride over. Here's a picture from the ferry looking back at another ferry with Sultanahmet in the background:

After that walked through thousands of people to the biweekly clothes and vegetable market. The markets were kind of overwhelming, a lot like what I saw in China. These markets were for Turks, though, so I feel like we got much more of an authentic Turkish experience out of it. We stopped at one stall with what looked like floating white circles in a bucket of water. Yekta told us they were artichoke hearts, eaten with lemons. They were actually pretty good:



After making our way through the markets, we got some rest at a local cafe and then headed back to them to buy vegetables for dinner. We then went back to Europe - and nope, it still hasn't gotten old saying that. Got a good view from the ferry of Galata - our neighborhood. Our apartment is near the base of the Galata tower on the left.



A look at the market: