Here are some images taken on two day coach trip to Istanbul from Bourges (Bulgaria) in June 2004
It was a nice journey as we had to travel through mountains, along quite narrow , winding, hilly roads between the two countries.
Istanbul is a very large sprawling city with a population of around 16 million
The city is built on seven hills, each with a large mosque on the top.
The Blue Mosque is unusual as it has six minarets and is named after the internal blue tiles
The Bosphorus is a narrow channel which flows through the city from the Black Sea, making for the Aegean sea in Greece.
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