Well, first blog entry ever, what to say? Dee and I have been in Istanbul for four days now, it's our last night here tonight although we don't leave until the evening tomorrow. Life in Istanbul is so different to anything I've seen in Western Europe (perhaps unsurprisingly?). The streets are so busy, so full! Especially in the bazaar district where instead of shops allowing customers into their store to view their wares the shopkeepers take their wares right out into the narrow streets - every available bit of wall/door space is covered in bags or clothes or shoes or gadgets or whatever that shop happens to sell, and there is barely room to avoid the shopkeers showing you more things let alone squeeze past all the other customers! The mosques are so beautiful, such intricate
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