Istanbul

After spending quite a bit of time at our place, we spent 3 days in Istanbul with Grandma and Grandpa. We stayed in the Old City and did all of the major touristy things including Topkapi Palace gardens, Hagai Sophia, the underground cisterns, the Blue Mosque, and we even walked through the Grand Bazaar.

The palace gardens were beautiful, peaceful, and enjoyable to walk around.

There was an ice cream vendor on the street that had a pretty good routine going.  He teased Hannah and Sofia with their ice cream and they totally ate it up.

We went through Hagai Sofia, but just looked at the Blue Mosque from the outside.

We got good use out of our carrier.  We've only used TJ in it until now, but with lots of walking we got to try it out with both girls.

Grandpa and Grandma enjoying the afternoon in the gardens.

We even made it to church.  I love the Metro, but the bus system is like it is anywhere else - confusing unless you use them a lot.  But, we did eventually get on the right bus and make it to church with time to spare.

After the weekend in Istanbul Grandma and Grandpa headed home.