Monday 29 April (Day 6)
Today seemed like a great day to visit the Grand Bazaar so
that’s what we did. Jane soon got into
her stride and was bartering like a true professional . As its name suggests, the Grand Bazaar is
huge but after a while the shops start repeating themselves so we didn’t stay
too long. We then walked through the
side streets of Istanbul (yet more shops) and ended up at the Spice Bazaar for
a second visit (Jane’s first).
I was very keen to visit the city sewers (Yerebatan Sarnici
– The Sunken Cistern) so we queued for tickets while Jane did some more
shopping. The Cistern was probably built
by Emperor Constantine in the fourth century and enlarged by Justinian in the
sixth. Despite the piped muzak it was
very
. I was dressed OK to
get in as my shorts were below the knee but Cris had to put on a skirt and
Tracey had to put on a head scarf. The
inside of the mosque was stunning but we didn’t have much
time to look as it was time for prayer.
After a quick snooze we went for a second visit to the Cozy
Terrace for our last meal together. We
said our goodbyes to Cris and Jatmospheric with water dripping from the ceiling and carp
swimming about underneath the walkways.
The Blue Mosque was next on the list, built in the 17th
century it is an imposing structure with its large dome and six minaretsane at
the end of the evening as we would be up before 6am in the morning for our
ferry/train ride to Izmir.
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