Istanbul (not Constantinople)

I have just arrived in Turkey. A bit of a whirlwind trip down here, and not exactly how I had planned it, but I am here nonetheless. :) I left Brasov yesterday afternoon on an afternoon train to Bucharest and spent a few hours there before hopping onto an overnight train to Sofia, Bulgaria and then catching a 10 hour bus to Istanbul at 9am this morning. I have about two weeks until I'm scheduled to fly to Moscow so I'm hoping to get to do a fair amount of exploring here. I will write more soon and update pictures!