life of a cruise ship nurse: kusadasi, turkey

city of kusadasi in turkey

old fort

the turkish president

more shots of old fort

at the market in kusadasi. these turkish men love to be in my pictures

truth in advertising

cute boys having a chat

my favorite pics of kusadasi are of the boys chatting and just having a good time

cute little town

life of a cruise ship nurse: istanbul day 2

it is beautiful today in istanbul

brad and i at the grand bazaar

we are the first ones here this morning. at the grand bazaar

shopping

shirts for sale

 

my favorite spice. (chili for mother in law) he he he. notice it is basically empty. popular spice around here!

oops. tough decision actually.  could my favorite spice be the mother in law chili or the turkish viagra? ok, really, i am kidding.

me happily shopping at the spice market

turkish diet coke

shopping in the spice market

 

the old fort guarding the city of istanbul

brad with one arm pointing to asian side and one pointing to european side of istanbul

my arms are shorter.

me on the 10th floor

we are on the nieuw amsterdam. one of my favorite ships

brad enjoying the chicken pho soup.  my absolute fave!

brad and i in our formal wear

after dinner, the strip-tease

  

usa!usa!usa! it is only slightly ironic that the olympics are going on right now in london. brad prepared and brought his usa undies.

ok, not really. we changed our clothes and went up to the OB (officers bar) to play darts

brad playing darts

life of a cruise ship nurse: istanbul, turkey

mosque in istanbul, turkey. there are tons of pics here.  i cannot choose between them. it is simply spectacular here

kim squared in istanbul

the writing is pretty cool!

view of istanbul

this is the spice market which istanbul is famous for

leeches?  really?  is it really necessary to sell leeches on the street in istanbul? eek.

i cannot imagine buying green onions after stray cats had been laying on them.

mosque

of course i would find the dog food market

spice market

more spices at the spice market

and, just in case you need cialis.....ta da!  you can buy it right on the street. just be careful. if your erection lasts longer than 4 hours, go to your nearest ER!

streets of istanbul

caught in the act.  i am loving this delicious turkish baklava made with pistachios

sunset in istanbul

hagia sophia

this guy tried to sell me this amazing turkish rug.  i would have been tempted too, if he wouldn't have started at the cheap asking price of $2600. is he crazy?

hagia sophia at dusk

the blue mosque

more hagia sophia

me in front of hagia sophia

the crescent moon with the blue mosque

we were in istanbul during ramadan, so there were tons of fun festivities going on at night

one last shot of the hagia sophia.  it is so cool here!