Istanbul, Turkey

Nana says that "The Dardanelles" are where Fort Street and Oak Bay Avenue meet. She describes that landmark intersection as part of her walking commutes through the years. I may have, in fact, found the original Dardanelles on my stop-over in Turkey, where the Black Sea is connected to the Sea of Marmara (not Fernwood to Oak Bay) by straits (not tweed), including the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles.

Here are some bus-tour glimpses of Istanbul - inhabited, through the centuries, by countless sultans, clans, empresses, Muslims, Jews, Christians and traders - where Europe meets Asia.
























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