Fanfare for the Simple Man

Oct 23, 2010 14:21

 Istanbul. That magical, spicy word, resonant with history and images. The air is thick here with legends - you could grab them out of the air in fistfuls. With a celebrated history going back 3,000 years, you would expect nothing less. Roman fragments jostle with Ottoman baths, Byzantine ruins with cellphone shops, and everywhere the hectic hustle ( Read more... )

istanbul, travel

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ext_296710 October 24 2010, 13:13:56 UTC
Great read! I thought you were going to get away with the excellent single colour fib!

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ext_296710 October 24 2010, 18:47:03 UTC
So did I - I just couldn't imagine they could possibly have one. Well, there you go.

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