This is the main enterance to the Egyptian Bazaar also known as the Spice Bazaar. It's not as big as The Grand Bazaar, which we also walked through, but it does have plenty of interesting items for sale. I didn't find any carpets that I needed and all of the flying models weren't available for a test ride. As part of a cooking class we took, we also had a tour through this bazaar and stopped at some of the preferred shops inside. Alexandra and I bought tea and spices from Ucuzcular Baharat,
Tea is available at almost every corner. Whether it's a newspaper stand or shoe store, if you need a hot tea it's available. The teas comes served in glasses like those on the left. It's strong and best with some sugar.
adadis, so close to the real thing but not really
All kinds of knock off items can be found in a city of 17 million, name your price and start bargaining.
We saw this outside of a shop while walking back toward our hotel, I'm not sure this would make me want to shop there.
Interesting parking, I'm not sure if there was going to be some work done later or the car just needed to be off the street.
Inside of one of the cisterns in Istanbul, the picture does not need to be turned. The Madusa head was placed on its side, look at the water line on the bottom.
Kumpir = potato
These potato bars were great, you could get a big baked potato with all kinds of fillings. Corn, cheese, salsa, ham, olives, garlic yoghurt and peppers.
One lost little shoe. This was on the Asian side of Istanbul, we had walked up from the ferry terminal and were looking for a street.
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