Top, outside part of the Grand Bazaar a street vendor prepares a melon for a young boy.

Below, just to get an idea of the size inside the grand bazaar. It's packed with booths full of 'stuff'.






















Here is the entrance to Grand Bazaar. People are buzzing all around, it's loud.








Here is a portrait of my pharmacist Erdem. Next to him on the right is Ataturk, who basically established modern-day Turkey. The have great respect for him and you can she his pictures and statues all over Istanbul.
















These are the guys at my dorm. Within a day we became good friends. They ask me a lot about American culture.