a few choice photos from our honeymoon in istanbul, turkey - september to october, 2008
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| view from our room out to the bosphorous | 
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| a different way to light candles in turkish churches | 
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| we saw so many homeless cats | 
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| me and my new husband, our first night in turkey | 
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| inside the hagia sofia, the first thing on my list of things to see | 
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| beauty beyond words | 
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| at the blue mosque - had to cover my shoulders, knees, head | 
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| inside the blue mosque | 
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| women have to pray behind a screen, furthest from mecca | 
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| outside the crowded mosque | 
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| at topkapi palace | 
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| on a cruise along the bosphorous to the asian side of turkey | 
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| the only view i got of the black sea -- but i'll be back! | 
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| we found a vegetarian restaurant -- and ate their twice :) | 
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| the original spice market | 
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| <3 | 




















