First day in Istanbul, October 2011

Istanbul is my favourite city in the world, so it was good to be back there again a couple of weeks ago.

It wouldn't be Istanbul without carpets- and cats. Transporting carpets the old fashioned way.


Lots of stray cats in Istanbul- but they don't go hungry. The people of the city feed them.

And after lunch- look where those lucky cats take a pause (notice I resisted the urge to make a dreadful pun here) to do, er, whatever it is cats like to do after lunch. On some carpets.

This last shot has nothing to do with carpets or cats, although of course there could be a carpet in the house; or maybe someone who feeds the cats lives there. But really, I just liked the colours.