Stealing a post about Beautiful Istanbul

I was reading Iva's blog and noticed this post about Istanbul. Iva lived with me in Istanbul for the last year but then moved to Ankara for grad school at Bilkent University. Her post about Istanbul was a great reminder to me about how gorgeous the city is. Sometimes all the people, the traffic and the chaos get in the way of really enjoying the beauty of the city. I didn't realize it before, but I am really gonna miss this place.

From Iva (http://ivuskawalterova.blogspot.com/) :

Istanbul en guzel bir sehir

I miss seeing Istanbul every morning after I wake up... I especially loved the morning bus rides from Besiktas to Taksim to work or driving across the bridge in the evening right before sunset or watching the mosques across the Golden Horn during the evening call for prayer, when the voices of the muezzins filled the warm evening air...