Monday, March 9, 2009

Photo Expedition!

School ended with me feeling decidedly pleasant. I had finished a chapter in my book (and annoyed my classmates in the process, I'm sure!) and the sun was shining in a beautifully blue sky.
Deeming the light "nice", I went on a photo-taking rampage of my neighbourhood, having been partially guilted into it by Brennan. Here are some of the "better" ones.
The small store by my house. I would have taken a closer photo, but the guy was definitely giving me a "What do you think you're doing?" look..



A mosque, a taxi, and political banners.
(it's election time!)

Hey look! A random hole in my sidewalk. How surprisingly normal in İstanbul.

Apartments! Imagine that.

Bilboards and empty space!

Airplane!

Let's see.. sky and concrete buildings. Note the pastel-coloured balconies.

More apartments.

Aren't these pretty?! Okay, I actually have nicer photos but the cool thing about this one is the ladybug near the top who I didn't even notice until I looked through these. This is the first ladybug I've seen in Turkey!

This is the same bush as outside of my house (in Canada). The same cursed bush that gives you nice rashes on your arms when you have to reach in to fetch a stray soccer ball... small world.

Carly loves the sky here. She says "It has so much character!" Since her photos are so nice I decided to attempt photos of the clouds...

That fancy design on the buildings? Tiles. Like the size you would use to tile a shower wall.. If you would ever tile your shower wall.. It's crazy!

It was out a bus window- be nice.
Hope you're happy... Enjoy the photos- I move this weekend!
-Maeghan

3 comments:

Unknown said...

nice to see pictures of your neighbourhood.

Carly said...

I need to go on a photo expedition soon...I want to get photos of all the crazy AKP banners in Uskudar before they go down.

Good luck with the move - let me know how it goes!

Kathleen said...

Oh I love the tiles! And all the signs!