June 13, 2014 Instanbul
Today we walked again up the hill to the Grand Bazaar which seems to go on forever with shop after shop of merchants selling most of the same items. Constant inquiries "hello, where are you from?, are you Ameican, German, English, do you want to by a Turkish rug?, etc." Advice given by our guide, just keep walking. Do not engage in conversation. Bought a coffee mug just for memory sake. Stopped for lunch at nice street restaurant. Walked to the underground cistern for tour of this Roman built water storage facility supported by marble columns collected mainly from Greek sites. Located a restaurant converted from another cistern. Our travelling companions' daughter had eaten here
while on her honeymoon. Came back at later at 8 pm for dinner. Needed to walk here since taxi drivers refused to drive us due to the short distance involved.
Today we walked again up the hill to the Grand Bazaar which seems to go on forever with shop after shop of merchants selling most of the same items. Constant inquiries "hello, where are you from?, are you Ameican, German, English, do you want to by a Turkish rug?, etc." Advice given by our guide, just keep walking. Do not engage in conversation. Bought a coffee mug just for memory sake. Stopped for lunch at nice street restaurant. Walked to the underground cistern for tour of this Roman built water storage facility supported by marble columns collected mainly from Greek sites. Located a restaurant converted from another cistern. Our travelling companions' daughter had eaten here
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| Latest Muslim Fashions |
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| Bazaar |
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| Cistern |
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| Madusa on Column in Cistern |
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| Cistern Restaurant |
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| Hagia Sophia at Night |
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