Yesterday we visited Ortaköy and Yıldız Park. Ortaköy is a cute little neighborhood near the Bosphorus. We found a nice spot in a plaza by the Büyük Mecidiye Cami (a mosque built in 1855 - you can see the Western influenced architecture). We watched large ships go by (some over 100 meters) and sketched the view of the Atatürk Bridge.
It had snowed the night before, so when walked up Yıldız Park - which starts at sea level and then goes up a few hundred feet - there was still some snow at the top, as well as a lovely fountain and some swanky tea houses. The tea houses were closed since it was so cold, but it was nice to walk around the park anyway. Istanbul is a crowded place, so enjoying a stroll through a quiet, empty park was quite a treat. On the way back, we stopped to take pictures of the mosque attached to Dolmabahçe Palace.
Today we have even more treats planned! We're going to take an 80 minute ferry ride across the Sea of Maramara to Yalova where we'll visit the thermal hot springs at a town named for them - Termal.
Here's a little video from Ortaköy. We'll have more pictures of our day's dalliances on our flickr page.
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