Hah! Just kidding. Our apartment in Istanbul had some of the best views ever. Now, I get to stare at this:

It should be noted that this balcony now brings loads of entertainment every evening. I get to see expats visiting ATMs so that they can get enough funds to accommodate the hooker elegantly clad (hah!) on their arm. I also got to see a completely wasted couple pick a fight with another couple. That scenario lead to two girls kicking each other in the middle of the street, while the two men punched each others faces into the ground. The cops broke that one up before I could pull out the video camera, dammit.

Last December I bought a Nikon D90 as sort of a Christmas present to myself. For a while now I’ve been wanting to try time-lapse photography with it, but so far I haven’t had a good place to leave the camera (and laptop) for an extended period of time. A few days ago we were up on our balcony enjoying the perfect weather and commenting on how clear it was that day, when I realized it would be a perfect time to try it out. I attached the camera to the railing of our balcony and left it for over 9 hours, snapping shots every 10 seconds…. here’s the result: