Today we had beautiful sunny weather, so we went walking.
The European side of Istanbul has two sides. It’s divided by the “Golden Horn,”
so today we walked across the bridge to the Northern part of the European half
of Istanbul. To get to the bridge, we walked through both the Grand Bazaar and
the Spice Bazaar. Then, on the bridge, we passed many many fishermen…and one
burqua’d fisherwoman. I wish I had taken a picture…
We went to Galata tower, but we decided not to go up. Then we
got lost looking for Taksim…It was ok, though, because we ended up walking past
a university with a sculpture park (I was very interested!) and through an old
mosque. Then we took the tram back to our side of the bridge. We went shopping
for gifts, ate salads again, and drank (free!) coffee at our hotel. We were
back at the hotel fairly early, but I’m not feeling sick anymore so everything
is goooood! The hotel has breakfast every morning and tea/coffee the rest of
the time in a room on the very top floor. From there (as from our bedroom,
remarkably) one can sit and look out on the Sea of Marmara. It’s beautiful.
I took another hot shower after our coffee. Then I found
“The Butter Battle Book” on YouTube J
The internet won’t let me upload pictures, but it’s nice to have facebook and Google
somewhat regularly. And Eka can look up city guides in Georgian! Which, to be
honest, is something I never considered before: if one speaks a lesser-known
language and lives in a country that people weren’t able to freely travel from
until recently, it must be very difficult to find travel advice. Eka can manage
in Russian and German, but it’s still nice to have resources in one’s native
tongue.
And it would be nice to have enough internet to share photos with you.
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