{"id":2208,"date":"2013-06-15T11:14:26","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T03:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.com\/?p=2208"},"modified":"2013-06-15T11:14:26","modified_gmt":"2013-06-15T03:14:26","slug":"istanbul-snapshots-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/?p=2208","title":{"rendered":"Istanbul Snapshots 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  \" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7404\/8730475541_ac10395e57.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1061\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">I love the colourful Turkish pottery with the tulip flower \u2013 the country&#8217;s national flower \u2013 motifs<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7331\/8730474945_fb0cd18791.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1075\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A shop specialising in buttons at the Grand Bazaar<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7329\/8731594134_0a40a590e2.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1125\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cruising along the Bosphorus Strait \u2013 a must-do as a tourist in Istanbul!<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7389\/8731590898_407e04fbf3.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1164\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheese alert!<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7346\/8731634100_4771c167fb.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1240\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">An old lady making g\u00f6zleme, a savoury traditional Turkish pastry usually filled with spinach, cheese, and various types of meat.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7418\/8731632950_e51bdca195.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1261\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">This group of 14-year-olds on a school outing at the Topkapi Palace struck up a conversation with us as we stood in line for an exhibit. Very sweet kids!<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 291px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7395\/8730502057_a9617a2528.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1422\" width=\"281\" height=\"500\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A life-size model of the blonde screen goddess Marilyn Monroe in her famous white halter dress<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 291px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7365\/8731624524_da144c1896.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1405\" width=\"281\" height=\"500\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">I like the hand-drawn pictures of this cafe&#8217;s ad<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7341\/8730501625_5bca6ca05c.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1430\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old trunks for sale \u2013 pretty cool stuff once they get restored to their original glory!<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7409\/8731622958_6e777faff8.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1431\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Textiles for sale<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7340\/8730501375_bf4f7de4ca.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1432\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Couldn&#8217;t help but notice how the ad targets the &#8220;slightly deranged collector&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7350\/8730505439_81813584f3.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1366\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lots of charming little cafes dot the streets of Istanbul \u2013 great places for tourists to grab acuppa when they are tired from traipsing the streets<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,12],"tags":[93,92],"class_list":["post-2208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","category-travel","tag-istanbul","tag-turkey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2208"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2210,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208\/revisions\/2210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}