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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 21h

A new #tourist friendly #innovation in #feline feeding. The only small problem is that it's coin operated, and thanks to massive #inflation, lira #coins are a rarity these days...

#travel #cats #istanbul #fatih #streetphotography #vendingmachine #tech #flaneur #curmudgeon

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 1d

When a #rooftop #kitten in #Istanbul passive aggressively guilt trips you into slinging some chicken #liver up onto the #roof, because they can't get down to where you're feeding all the other #cats....

#travel #bluesky #türkiye #beyoğlu #lunch #curmudgeon #cute #goodsamaritan #thatlook

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 1d

Roasted chestnut sellers....

#istanbul #türkiye #taksim #mosque #chestnuts #travel #curmdgeon #istiklal #flanuer #streetphotography

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 1d

When you've been searching all over #Istanbul in vain for an #Atatürk t-shirt for your friend, and come across a print shop with this window display. It feels like striking gold....

#travel #türkiye #souvenirs #streetphotography #curmudgeon #kadıköy #art #flaneur

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 2d

When your hotel's guard dog is a Chow Chow....

#istanbul #beyoğlu #taksim #türkiye #travel #streetphotography #flaneur #dogs #flaneur #chowchow #windows

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 2d

Wholesale Hair Company

#istanbul #beyoğlu #taksim #türkiye #travel #curmudgeon #cats #flaneur #streetphotography #signs #blackcat

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 2d

FYI, if you ever visit a street #food place featured on one of this guy's TV shows anywhere in the world, be aware that almost without exception you can find better versions of the exact same thing for much cheaper within a 5-min walk...

#istanbul #türkiye #foodie #travel #streetphotography #kebab

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 2d

Next time you visit the Istanbul Modern try to go just after it #rains, as it turns the #rooftop into a giant #reflecting pool....

#istanbul #türkiye #travel #museum #artmuseum #istanbulmodern #sunset #cloudporn #galatatower #mosque #reflection

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not sure if this #café on the high street of the Moda area of #Kadıköy is peak #Istanbul #hipster, but it's definitely up there in the top few percentile....

#travel #curmudgeon #streetphotography #flaneur #goat #goatman #coffee #türkiye #streetart #tattoo

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 2d

The #waterfront in #Kadıköy with the permanently under renovation #Haydarpaşa railway #train station - ie the historic hub connecting #Europe with the Middle East and beyond - in the background....

#travel #dogs #istanbul #flaneur #streetphotography #curmudgeon #türkiye #cloudporn

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 3d

Late night baklava...

#travel #curmudgeon #istanbul #türkiye #dinner #dessert #foodie #baklava #cafe #turkishfood #tea #bonappetit #pistachio #honey

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 3d

This is a friend of a friend, who we met for impromptu coffee while he was on his way home with his cat Naomi, after getting her nails done. True story.

#istanbul #cihangir #türkiye #travel #cats #streetphotography #flaneur #curmudgeon #fashion #moda #design #innovation #furbaby #pets

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 3d

When Christian fundamentalist memes get appropriated by Islamic fundamentalists (because they're essentially the same, even if #Christian #fundamentalists get offended when you point that fact out to them)....

#travel #streetphotography #istanbul #taksim #flaneur #lgbt #mosque

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 3d

#Istanbul is an incredibly #safe city - especially when considering that's it's home to some 20 million people - but you'll still find that many of the #ATMs are guarded 24/7 but local volunteers like this one....

#travel #streetphotography #dogs #turkiye #curmudgeon #flaneur #kadikoy

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 4d

A one-eyed cat riding a moped called Scarabeo. Looks like we might've found yet another glitch in the matrix. This thing is really becoming unstable these days. Stay safe out there....

#travel #curmudgeon #streetphotography #flaneur #cats #istanbul #kadikoy #turkiye #scooter #glitchinthematrix

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 4d

Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door....

#blueskyartshow #vertical #travel #curmudgeon #istanbul #turkiye #windowview #backdoor #skyline #skyacrapers #beyoglu #rooftop #flaneur #sunset

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 4d

Randomly walked by #Galata Tower last week with about 7mins left on the countdown to the opening of #Türkiye #Innovation Week, so stuck around to see the show. Pretty cool stuff....

#blueskyartshow #vertical #travel #istanbul #streetart #curmudgeon

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 4d

A #sundial in #Kadıköy with bonus street cat, which was super accurate when I passed by, as it was just a few minutes before 1pm....

#blueskyartshow #vertical #travel #curmudgeon #istanbul #streetphotography #flaneur #cats #shadows #time

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 4d

Riding a ferry across (and up/down) the Bosphorus is one of the best things you can do anywhere in the world. Imho...

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 4d

Picture of Dorian Goat. If you're ever in #Istanbul and come across a charming #anthropomorphic #goatman, you'd better be on guard, because he's made a deal with the #devil and faces zero consequences for any of his dastardly deeds....

#blueskyartshow #vertical #travel #streetart #streetphotography

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 4d

Let's add some more bright #happy colours to this feed! This stop sign spotted last month in #Berlin will do the trick...

#blueskyartshow #vertical #travel #curmudgeon #streetphotography #streetart #flaneur #gemany #kreuzberg #streetsigns #signs

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 4d

Easier said than done in today's world, but cheers to the author for at least trying....

#blueskyartshow #vertical #istanbul #turkiye #cihangir #travel #curmudgeon #streetart #graffiti #flaneur #streetphotography #cheerup

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 4d

If you're (an American) from a certain generation, when you see this, you'll hear the greatest 8-bit #music ever composed playing in your head. Whether you want to or not...

#blueskyartshow #vertical #mario #istanbul #streetart #streetphotography #travel #flaneur #graffiti #curmudgeon #nostalgia

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 4d

A #pigeon sitting on a railing reflecting on #existence. Presumably.

One thing it wasn't doing was eating the bread I put out. Probably because existence is #depressing.

Great view from my #balcony in #Istanbul though....

#blueskyartshow #vertical #travel #curmudgeon #turkiye #skyline

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 5d

A construction site in the extensively redeveloped #Galataport district....

#blueskyartshow #vertical #istanbul #turkiye #travel #curmudgeon #flaneur #streetphotography #karikoy

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