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Grand or grande?
Tuesday October 8, 2019 ISTANBUL, Turkey – Overrated? Underrated? Overwhelming? Probably a combination of these three to describe the Grand Bazaar on the European side. There is so much hype about this place, so much written, so much mystery, so much history and that trip here is definitely on anyone’s radar screen. There are over …
Getting to know Istanbul
Monday October 7, 2019 ISTANBUL, Turkey – Thanks very much, but how do we get back! To try and explain, first consider where we are these days. Istanbul is one of the great cities in the world and depending with whom you speak, the population varies from 12 to 15 million and factor another two …
Shopping street of Caddesi.
Galant Tower at night
Everything you don’t need and never will need
Our cups of Turkish tea
inside the Yipmibif Kebap
Meeting Waleed and Elmira
Hassan, the barber, in his shop