I clearly love Istanbul!!!

As promised, here are more pictures of my recent trip to fabulous and gigantic Istanbul. I could bore you with facts about this city like that it links two continents (Europe and Asia), had two other names before it was eventually named Istanbul and so forth but I won't. I know you want to look at pictures and get lost and all...I know I want to. 

My birthday cake, and midnight snack! iPhone pictures sometimes don't turn out right. :(

At midnight our door bell rang, and really I don't open the door that late. Though my cousin insisted, and so I opened and ta-da!! Cake and champagne were both grinning at me. Yay. Although I don't like chocolate I ate tons of this cake, just because it was that good. Lucky me, lots of cherries were inside so I could enjoy it more.

Random shots with views, and funny dogs going for a swim!
It's the small things in life that make me smile!

Instead of taking a taxi we decided to walk down to the ferry station, which can be a walk, but Europeans love to walk so we didn't really mind! Although it was a hot day, and we were tired since we only slept like four hours that previous night. But the view was just gorgeous!

Took the two pictures above from the ferry, hence the visible reflection. The Maiden's Tower is one of my favorites in Istanbul, but the Haydarpaşa Terminal is my absolute favorite of all. Last year in November my friend posted real pictures she took while the roof had a visit by the flame doctor...haha. It hurt to see such a magnificent building burn.

Now this is something you may think what in the world was Selma thinking to even take this picture?! I wonder, too. However, I wanted to capture the beauty of this city with all there is to it, and such "holes" are everywhere. Even in the better areas. Believe it or not, I know for a fact that this exact "hole" has been there just like that since 2007. Maybe longer. 

These lovely holes though did not hinder me from wearing my new red wedges, or heels. You get easily used to these and all those ridiculously crooked streets, and once you walk on straight ground again you wonder why it's more difficult to walk; happened to me in the land of neutrality.

Not the best picture but it looks quite romantic with all the lights and all; just quite perfect...
...I know I will be back! :)

Hope you enjoyed these photos.
There's just a few more I want to share with you decided I'd wait a little and post it another time. :)

Happy Friday, and happy weekend everyone!!!