Well we managed to escape the lovely English springtime for the nice warmer weathers of Istanbul. Early start to catch the plane at Heathrow. Then a casual flight via Frankfurt to Istanbul. Got off the plane and we were faced with several challenges - as Dorothy says we ain’t in Kansas anymore. I’d forgotten how different it can be in the middle east and how the people are super friendly and super forceful. After changing some money over into their ridiculously odd currency I had a lovely local show me and sort out the currency (too many zeros). Then bargaining with
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