The legend is that Judas Iscariot hanged himself on the redbud tree after betraying Jesus. In the morning, out of embarrassment, the tree blushed turning its white flowers into pink, thus called the Judas tree.  The Bosphorus is at its best in the spring...
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Bosphorus
Küçüksu Pavilion is surrounded by these elegant wrought-iron fences. The Küçüksu Pavilion? I will leave it to your imagination:)
 The photo exhibition at the Pera Museum, "From Konstantiniyye to Istanbul" gave me moments of awe and inspiration to keep on working on the city. The selection of photos from various collections  reveals the beauty of the Anatolian  shore...
If you happen to pay a visit to the charming  Emirgan neighborhood in the middle part of the Bosphorus, you will see a fountain surrounded by a hundred-year old colossal maple trees. Commissioned by the Sultan Abdulhamid I and dedicated to one of his wives,...
 Othmar Pferschy's 1950 dated photos remind us of how once upon a time fishing was indispensible to Istanbul way of life.
A Chanel commercial with Audrey Tautou and Istanbul! And Billie Holiday's singing "I am a fool to want you" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LroD5882jx4
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