Campus, Istanbul Modern, and "Fish Bread"

I snapped a few pictures of Bogazici University, or Bosphorus University as I'd recommend calling it. It's a really pretty campus, dating from the mid 1800s. During the school year, on nice days, the grass is covered with people (and cats). It's a nice place to hang out.



Last year Sinan lived in the dorm which is the building in the middle.



While I attended Bosphorus University for all of one month last year, I had a history class on the top floor of this building which had a great view of the Bosphorus Strait, which is behind my back in this picture, and down a hill.



There are these benches at the edge of the hill that also have a view of the Bosphorus. They are always crowded with students drinking tea, reading the paper, talking, sleeping - anything. You can see on the left side of the picture the castle, which is a really fun (but slightly dangerous) place to romp around - no limitations, you can climb over everything. I'll try to visit it sometime soon and get some pictures.

I also visited the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art. I'm really really really not a fan of modern art, but I wanted to try the museum, especially since it is free on Thursdays. It's in a cool building - it used to be a warehouse, and it has a nice view of the Bosphorus, but still, I just don't like modern art. The gift shop is pretty good.



The sculpture garden and entrance with an mosque just behind them - old vs. new?




A pretty building walking to the museum from the tram stop.



Pretty!

The other night Sinan and I finally broke out of our normal routine and we went to a different part of Istanbul - gasp! Underneath of the Galata Bridge, the bridge that crosses the Golden Horn that has all the fishermen on it, there are tons of overpriced restaurants. He wanted balik ekmek which means, Fish bread, and I wanted to try it but not really loving fish I didn't want to get my own. First we had a normal dinner - an overpriced meal with not enough food (but the view was nice, as was the people watching and change-of-location), and because that wasn't enough, Sinan went and got the balik ekmek to actually fill up.





The balik ekmek is actually only 4 lira, like 3 dollars, so after Sinan and I had our unfullfilling (but fun) dinner, he went and got this.