I couldn't figure out this contraption at breakfast. I'll try again tomorrow.

This embodies Istanbul. One altar in line with Jerusalem, the other in line with Mecca.

One of many Roman cisterns connected by aqueducts.

The lighting changes and sculptures added to the experience

The cisterns became the backdrop to a couple of Hollywood blockbusters.

MIL demonstrating the right way to do it after I walked away empty handed from the carpet store.

Gas Delivery

December 9, 2023 in Turkey ⋅ 🌧 6 °C

We eased into Istanbul with a tour of the mosques and cisterns, before taking on the psychological warfare of bargaining in the upmarket carpet stores and the bizarre. I prepared my backstory: I have many children and a dog to feed and I sweat all day as a gas delivery man.Read more