Please note that when I'm photoblogging, you can click on the images to see a full size picture.


This was the scene from my apartment window a couple of days ago; thick, white flakes floating down upon the city.



But yesterday, the weather cleared, as can be seen here on Istiklal (Independence Avenue, which used to be the old Grande Rue de Pera in Ottoman Constantinople). . .



. . .And the sky turned blue.