Yesterday we started the day by touring the Grand Bazaar. Its 4000 shops all inside, and boy is it a madhouse! While we enjoyed spending some time in there, the overwhelming number of people and the fear of losing our children amongst the throng, got to much for us and, without buying anything, we headed out a gate toward the Spice Bazaar. I figured from the guide books that the spice bazaar would be nearer to the Grand Bazaar, but it was a bit of a hike, all without signs. In hindsight, it was pretty much a straight shot, but we didnt know that at the time.
The spice bazaar was large, but smaller than I'd imagined. We managed to haggle our way into some fabulous pistachio and pomegranate turkish delight, and we even picked up some bowls and pottery.
From the bazaar, we went to a restaurant called Hamdi. The guidebook led us there, but we think there must've been two because the one we were in was a bit upscale and didn't have doner kebap's on the menu.
After we ate, we decided on a tour of the Bosphorous. It was a nice relaxing thing to do, and we really got a good look at the city. We met seversl other American tourists, and exchanged itineraries with them. The kids had a blast playing some imaginary porcupine game and a bunch of people smiled at them and took their photos.
We had realized the night before that my sd card to ipad connector wasnt working, so we needed to pickup a an adapter for sd to the computer. We stopped at several shops, but eventually had to get into a taksi ( taxi) to have him take us there.
Many, or most, of the people do not speak english here, so there is a lot of gesturing and pointing going on!
Once our misdion was accomplished, we headed back to the hotel to download pictures and bed down for the night.
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