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Istanbul was Constantinople
... to what I imagine it’s like to buy cocaine (testing the product, making sure they’re weight out the version you agreed on, etc), we headed to the depths of the spice market to do some negotiations on caviar. That was interesting – I didn’t even know they sold caviar there! Despite the crazy numbers of people using the spice market as a route to avoid the rain, that place was pretty neat.
Then back to the hotel to ...
Qazaqstan
... transition from Soviet Socialism to a somewhat more open economy controlled by him, his two daughters, and his best Israeli friend. While these four people have grown to be four of the richest in the world, average Qazaqs have clearly benefited enormously as well. And people like the man, if for no other reason that he has steered the country away from the ethnic violence that seemed to loom over it twenty years ago, when the ...
First full day in Istanbul!!!
... So, basically I was up for around 24 hrs straight...and yet, as soon as we landed in Istanbul, I gained my second wind almost immediately! It's amazing how this city will do that to a person: it was almost as if my body clock reset itself automatically. At least for several hours! Dennis and Mom (henceforth aka Nancy - for all of mom's friends reading this!) were able to sleep at least for 4-6 hrs on the flight to Paris, so they weren't ...
Turkey - ANZAC Day, Gallipoli and Istanbul
... bong. We chose apple flavour!
We then departed for Gallipoli at about 6. The 6 hr drive was long and exhausting. Not much sleep. And the bus showed documentaries of Gallipoli
Day 2
We arrived at Gallipoli at 2am. The shivers already started up the spine. It was dark, cold and windy but no one was complaining. Everyone was very respectful. We entered ANZAC cove where there ...
Ottomans and All the Men, Part II
... was working, standing inside to chat, then running outside to entice passer-by into the place. Doing his job. Yes, I have learned that it is the waiter’s job to annoy everyone who walks by. Our conversations were happy, no ulterior motives, no attempt to sell anything or woo me. I felt very comfortable. Most of the time I sat there, in silence, sipping my tea and watching the game. Soon, a bar tender walked around the bar, giving everybody complimentary tea as they ...
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