Giant frog attacks istanbul! - hitchhiker escapes through Persia and beyond...
January 27th 2008 From Taksim Square we walked about halfway down istiklal Caddesi, took a left, walked down a dimly-lit hallway and then up an antique stairway rounded down by the centuries. The restaurant we entered was obviously a fine rooftop terrace in the summer, but it had been sealed up against the wintry cold. It was not a clear afternoon, and what must have been a dramatic view of the Bosphorus was bare
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