Istanbul - Oct 1-2

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The Air Maroc flight was uneventful, and I was back in Istanbul. A taxi to the hotel and then meet the roommate, and down to meet a new group. This time there were a group of 8 friends from the US and four Australians. Istanbul or at least the Sultanahmet was a now familiar and welcoming place having been through back in June. The sounds of the call to prayer, the hustle on the street were all as it should be.

We had an enjoyable dinner in the one of the restaurant areas and a small wander through the area in the evening.

The following day was a guided walk where we went inside the Blue Mosque to admire it’s architecture, although we timed it so there were large numbers of groups from some cruise boats that had arrived making it a little crowded.

We then wandered through the grand bazaar and visited a number of other mosques in the district. Along the way we passed by some of the old wooden houses of Turkey.

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