Stormy Day... Again

Remember I told you about the little storm before going to Bodrum. Here is a picture of the front of our house taken right before leaving for Bodrum :









The after photo : the tree is gone.









Today another little storm stroke Istanbul. While we were seating on the outside terrace of The House Cafe enjoying our breakfast in Ortaköy, sunbathing, we saw this big black cloud coming toward us. We decided to leave, but I wanted to take a photo o f the Bosphorus first to show you the waves when a big wave stroke and fell on Selcuk. He had to get into a store to buy new clothes.

A Day Out

Looks like a nice window at first but they're actually fake plastic flowers and plants. Very kitsch.










Love birds









The Ortaköy Mosque in Ortaköy (first bridge in the back).









I met 2 French guys (though my friend Asli), Paul and Arthur. They're traveling from China to Paris with a 125cc motorcycle each. Very cool trip. They left China on May, 19th. They're here for 2 days so I took them under my wing and showed them around. Tonight, after a nice meal we partied at Otto near Taksim.

Left to right : Yula, Asli, Defne and Evre.









Paul on the right.









Paul and Grégoire (A friend of Arthur living here).









Paul, Arthur and me.

Happy Birthday Sibel

House Café in Ortaköy.































2nd from left : Birthday Girl !