Sue & I returned the car safely (wonder of wonders) to Oxford and caught the train back to London a bit over a week ago. We managed to pack in a few more things in around here (including Simon Callow's fantastic one man show on the life of Charles Dickens by Peter Ackroyd,trips to Cambridge and the British Museum) before Sue flew home 5 days ago.
Ben and I then took the short trip to Istanbul..when you are in London most places are a hop, skip and a jump (except Australia of course).
Istanbul is an amazing city. The landscape is dominated by the most glorious mosques with the crowning glory Haghia Sophia and it's 1500 year old history ....truely breathtaking...
The people are lovely and language no problem...so it was generally very easy. The only drawback was the immense volume of tourists (enormous tour buses disgorging thousands of passengers every day)..but.since we were one of their number we can hardly complain!
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Turkish tea, Turkish icecream and the best (fresh) figs I have ever tasted along with Gozleme (Turkish pancakes) meant the food experience was bloody good too! ...and then there was the Cretan restaurant with it's 16 plate Mezze "starter"......we did eat very well indeed....
Back in London now and the woolies and wet weather gear have been pulled back out of the luggage!
Kath
Turkey sounds like heaven, and yum to the food - all the things I like (even thick Turkish coffee). I'm very jealous, Kath! Great reading both the latest blogs, thank you. xx
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