The buildings are full of beautiful mosaics like this.

Now, let's see how to piece the puzzles together... and rebuild the palace...

Another area of Topkapi palace

A very old toilet being "modernized"

Just an ordinary old tree inside the many gardens/courts of the palace

The most rip-off restaurant I have encountered in my whole trip... coke is 9TL (HK$45) per can... (1TL=5HKD)

Why is it licking its lips with this cunning look? has it stolen from my food pile already without me noticing?

How the bread is made... first dough is being flattened and then pasted to the oven for baking..

The sign above the shop - what does that mean? 1) Thieves welcome or 2) we are thieves and you will be ripped off - we guaranteed...

Cagaloglu - the 300 year old Turkish Bath, since 1741

After you have chosen your package, you will be led to a room for changing... you should leave everything behind except the towel behind the door