Last night we saw a most spectacular view from our window.  The sun was setting to the West, but in the East a storm was brewing.  I tried to capture it, but a picture only can only do so much to illustrate the stark contrast of what was happening on the European and Asian sides of Istanbul.  Ironically enough, the Asian-side storm never even dropped one rain drop on the European side (at least in our neighborhood).

Also in stark contrast was our morning scene vs. last night.  Here’s the beautiful view out our window early this morning…