We love Istanbul!

Even in the confusing maze of streets otherwise known as the Grand Bazaar, Istanbul impressed us greatly with its civic pride, friendly citizens who welcome tourists, amazing history and culture, and most of all its well-kept parks and public monuments.

The have a clean and efficient tramway system even we could figure out. And here is the photo of the lovely couple behind us in line that got a big chuckle out of us dropping coins from the jeton matic...which promptly rolled across cobblestones about 15 feet. I was telling Tom to hurry and catch the lira coin (so we could buy another jeton token) but they were laughing at how the lira kept wobbling away from Tom's foot and finding an alternate path down the hill.