4floors Istanbul

... They have tons of money apparently. At the interview, I had delicious Turkish coffee and a glass of water had a small piece of lemon, a mint leaf and a grape in it. A carafe of water had a lime on top to cover the opening. Love the way everything looks when they serve you here.

After that I went to the Center and did two Oral History interviews. The first one was a woman who has done a jazz radio program here for almost 30 years. She is famous for ...

... get in a kiss and 'Nice to see you" before asking him for the food Amy was supposed to send over with Tom.

The two rode the metro and lightrail into Sultanahmet and met up with Lindsey, Sarah, and Diana.Tom, the carrier pigeon, delivered his treats to the Fox sisters. Soon after, everyone went to Osman's shop. You may remember Osman as the man that proposed a marriage to Brittany with a van cat and a hookah. Upon greeting, Osman asked Tom, "Are you ...

... was far more interesting. Anyway we eventually exited, and lounged in the park for a bit. Then back to hostel, with Brian and I taking the funicular and crashing in the room. Chris and Austin arrived a few minutes later. The next two hours was the quietest I've ever known us; Brian was asleep, Austin wasn't talking and we just chilled.

Then headed out and ate at the same restaurant as on the first night. It was fine, not great but ...

The alarm went off at 4a.m. and the taxi rang our bell at 4:30. Great news, it really was arranged. The airport is about 1 hour out of town. We are in the 90 kms/h lane and not the 130 lane! As we head out of the city the highway is lit! Len pays the driver the agreed price and then tires to give him 4 Hrivenuts and he is saying no, shaking his hand no, Len says 'da' and then says just a minute and gets all the left over coins out and gives them ...

... ng to cost os 46 Lıras (about (42 Cdn). After we paıd the fee for the servıces we selected, George and I were brought to our own prıvate room so we can change ınto our towels. I dıdnt want to go Al Fresco underneath lıke most guys so I decıded to wear my bathıng suıt under my towel. We were then taken to the bath. The bathhouse we pıcked ıs over 500 years old and ıs completely made out of stone. When we went ınto the maın (cırcular) room, I saw a huge elevated c ...

... and intellectual. He lectured on the sociology of religion and digressed to poli sci topics, all of which I found highly interesting. Christoff's history class, however, I am quite worried about. The amount of reading materials borders impractical and impossible, especially for students studying abroad for the summer! Whenever someone, most likely a religion/history major or one of the graduate ...

... range of fish in the water. Mosey on down to the far back of the cistern to see two giant pillars with medusa heads on the bottom. Don't skip past the cistern it is a sight to see. And finally, we dove into the Grand Bazaar. This place was HUGE!!!!!!!!!! The merchants usually start at a high price, so you need to get into your bargaining stage before you go. We recommend buying a large ceramic bowl. Make sure to buy it for 50 lira or less. Don't listen to all the things they'll ...

... utterly fascinated. I had never heard anything like this before in my life! "In ancient times, what is today southern Turkey was a part of the Jewish empire. During the Greek, Roman, and later the Ottoman times, this area became more and more Arab and Turkish. After World War I, many of the minorities in Anatolia migrated. "Today, there is a Jewish re-colonization occurring in southwestern Turkey promoted by the state of Israel." I looked around ...

... realised possible, elbows were twisted, pulled and pushed to the maximum. Backs were cracked and slapped repeatedly. It ended with a gentle head massage (he only attempted to gouge my eyes out once) and I proceeded to tip the fat man with a five lira note. I'm still not quite sure why I tipped him, perhaps I thought it would be give me an escape route that didn't involve a mildly obese man beating me up.

... case you turn off the radio, and since this is a water based culture, there are even boats which have been turned into floating billboards carrying the message up and down the Golden Horn and the Phosphorous channel. We even met a parliamentary candidate first hand - sitting in a quiet cafe, out of Tourist zones, the van pulls up, the loud speaker blares, then the nice car pulls up, candidate jumps out and starts the usual schmoozing. Bill assured him he would not ...