If you can imagine counting 23,000 steps up and down the Bosphorus, around the Golden Horn, down dark alleys lit by multicolored lanterns, and into merchant shops that were filled to the ceiling with all of the delights you love, then that would be my first 24 hours in Istanbul. Here are some images for you to enjoy. Dinner was an incredible fresh seabass with hazelnut paste and many mezze (appetizers).

 

More to come!