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Andrew and Brenda arrive at O'Hare's International...	Andrew, Brenda, Bill at the Alitalia counter...	Our plane. 11 July 2007	At Milan's Maplensa airport, with the Italian Alps in the...	At Milan's Malpensa airport with the Italian Alps in the...
At Milan's Malpensa airport with the Italian Alps in the...	Plane taking off from Milan's Malpensa airport, heading...	Andrew, Judy, Brenda at the gate in Milan for our flight...	The wing of our plane with the Italian Alps in the...	Matt and Brenda on the rooftop terrace of the Hotel...
Andrew, Gretchen and Bill relaxing in the Turkish late...	Andrew trying to stay awake. Matt and Gretchen, who had...	Turkish cat amidst the carpets and pillows, doing what we...	Home-made pancakes cooked at the Cafe Mesale Restaurant,...	Colorful building off the restaurant with signage for the...
A Dervish, still in black cloak, prepares to whirl. Many...	A Whirling Dervish at the Cafe Mesale Restaurant, Tea...	Matt and Gretchen with the bunnies on the mall between...	Matt, Andrew, and Gretchen with a bunny, with the Haghia...	Brenda likes the bunnies as well. For a small fee a...
Dusk near the Haghia Sophia (Aya Sofya); Matt, bunny, and...	Matt, Gretchen, Bill, Brenda, and Nihal in the courtyard...	Andrew inspecting the bikes that have carried Gretchen...	Bill, Gretchen, Andrew, Brenda, Matt, and Judy with the...	Bill, Nihal, and Brenda at Pierre Loti's House, Gazel...
Brenda, Andrew, and Nihal protected from the rain on the...	Gretchen and others in the Grand Bazaar (Kapali...	Brenda, shopkeeper, Nihal, and Gretchen at the Grand...	In the Egyptian Bazaar (Misir Carsisi), also known as the...	Nuts and dried fruit in the Egyptian Bazaar (Misir...
Spices piled high at the Egyptian Bazaar (Misir Carsisi),...	Weaving a silk rug. We were told the nine or so inches...	Sea gull. Radar tower. Boat, one of many, waiting to...	The Sea of Mamamar, early morning. 14 July 2007	Brenda went with Nihal to her home town in the interior...
Nihal's apartment building. 14 July 2007	The market in Nihal's town. 14 July 2007	Brenda picking out fruit at the market. 14 July 2007	The Turkish flag flying off the back of the ferry on our...	The Galata Tower from the Bosphorus (Bogazici). The...
The old and the new - the Dolmabahce Camii and a glass...	The Dolmabahce Palace from the Bosphorus...	The Bogazici Koprusu, the first of two bridges, coming...	Andrew was threatened with sure and certain calamity by...	A sea gull paralleling the ferry with homes and condos on...
The Bosphorus at its narrowest, 660 ms, as it flows from...	Fisherman mending his net in Anadolu Kavagi, the last...	Andrew, Brenda, and Bill by a very large sycamore tree in...	A long steep hike up from Anadolu Kavagi will reward one...	Bill and Judy resting from the hike to the top. 16...
Matt and Gretchen by the ruins of Anadolu Kavagi Kalesi,...	A close up of the ruins of Anadolu Kavagi Kalesi. 16...	The view from the ferry of Anadolu Kavagi and the Andolu...	Cargo ship and a dolphin on the Bosphorus. 16 July 2007	Several dolphins on the Bosphorus. 16 July 2007
Judy, Brenda, Andrew, and Bill on the ferry. 16 July...	An ambulance racing down the Bosphorus. 16 July 2007	Andrew and Brenda on the ferry. 16 July 2007	Campaigning on the Bosphorus. National elections were...	Judy with the Captain and member of the ferry...
Another candidate campaigning on the Bosphorus. 16...	A closer view of the Rumelihisari, a castle built by...	Gretchen with a fruit and juice vendor who sold us fresh...	Large crowd buying tickets to enter the Haghia Sophia...	Interior of the Haghia Sophia (Aya Sofya Camii). 17...
Interior of the Haghia Sophia (Aya Sofya Camii). Work on...	Judy, Gretchen, Bill, and Matt in the Haghia Sophia (Aya...	Deesis: Judgement Day. Close up of Jesus Christ. 12th...	Deesis: Judgement Day. Full view of Jesus Christ...	The Virgin and Child. Emperor Johannes Komnenos II. ...
Christ Pantokrator. Empress Zoe and Constantine IX...	The Virgin and Child. Emperor Johannes Komnenos II,...	Two domes of the Haghia Sophia (Aya Sofya Camii) with the...	Virgin and Child. 9th century. 17 July 2007	Ladder in a corner of the Haghia Sophia (Aya Sofya...
Depiction of Rumi, part of a display of the life of this...	Exterior of the Haghia Sophia (Aya Sofya Camii). 17...	Judy and Bill, with housekeeper in the window, in front...	Gretchen and Matt by one of the many fountains in...	Matt and Gretchen in the Gazel Pasta and Cafe Restaurant...
St. Saviour in Chora, the Kariye Museum. 17 July 2007	The Virgin and the attendant twelve angels in the dome,...	Gretchen admiring the Anastasis frescoes of the...	The mosaics of the Khalke Jesus and Mary, St. Saviour in...	Jesus Christ within the medallion in the dome, St....
Jesus and the Virgin Mary, St. Saviour in Chora. 17...	The Virgin and her ancestors, St. Saviour in...	Bill and Judy in an alcove in the marble apse, Sr....	Decorative carved stone in St. Saviour in Chora. 17...	Jesus over the door leading to the second narthex, St....
Virgin Mary, Joseph and the enrollment for the census for...	Gretchen and Matt in a sidewalk cafe across the street...	Exterior of the Kariye Museum, St. Saviour in...	Ursulum, whom we met on the ferry to Eyup and who speaks...	A very modern suspended funicular railway. It takes...
From high above the Golden Horn, this cat has a great...	Istanbul as sunset approaches, taken from the end of the...	Another view of Istanbul taken from the end of the Golden...	Matt, Andrew, Gretchen, and Brenda arrive at Pierre Loti...	Brenda and Andrew at the Pierre Loti restaurant...
Gretchen and Matt at the Pierre Loti restaurant. 17...	Brenda, Judy, Andrew, Gretchen, Matt, and Bill at the end...	A crescent moon and Venus over Istanbul. 17 July 2007	Brenda, Andrew, Bill, and Gretchen, weary travelers on...	Brenda, Andrew, and Bill once again in Milan's Malpensa...
The Italian Alps, from Judy's plane window. 18 July...	Wilderness and peaks of the Italian Alps from the window...	Solitude 18 July 2007	Loveliness. 18 July 2007	An alpine lake. 18 July 2007
Andrew and Bill, Brenda has the car, back at...	A butterfly on a hosta leaf. 20 July 2007	Andrew and Judy's successful trip to the Farmer's...	Bill and Andrew catching up on internet activity. 21...	Makings for a Saturday lunch. 21 July 2007
Andrew grilling brats and buns. 21 July 2007	Andrew 21 July 2007

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