It is İstanbul, you know
Updated: 3 days ago
Day 12 – Monday 19th October
An amusing little anecdote to start today’s brief commentary. We were wandering around the Galata area (more of that later), and a lovely patterned shoulder bag caught J’s eye. The shop owner invited us in, as they do, to see all his wares. Most of the bags had pictures of cats on them, to which J said “I don’t like cats”, meaning “I don’t want a cat bag”. The owner gave her a wry smile and said “It is İstanbul, you know!”. Those of you who’ve been here will understand that, but for those who haven’t, the picture below summarises the story.
I won’t go into chapter and verse on today’s happenings: in essence the phone app tells me we wandered some 17klms across and around the city, and the photo record shows we visited Blue Mosque (again, twice), the Grand Bazaar, the Süleymaniye Mosque including the tomb of Süleyman the Magnificent, the Spice Bazaar (again, accidentally), the Galata tower and surrounds, and the Topkapı Palace grounds, with various coffee/food stops and cats along the way.
No more stories – just photos more or less in the order above …
There's a story below. On our way to Galata Tower we accidentally stumbled into the hardware bazaar neighbourhood. You name it, it was available. Bunnings on steroids.
Wow, amazing photos! Were those pictures of many many dunnies?! 😂
Love the photos Peter. Looks amazing. I'm not exactly a cat fan either, and hope J found a bag! 😃
Really enjoyed Istanbul. It looks quite cool for October. Not the place to go if you don’t like cats - they are hard to avoid. Loved Topkapi Palace - worth the entrance fee.