27th september 2006

Friday 23rd September

Waking in Istanbul - A Very Loud Muezzin - A Very Late Start - A Pile of Bread - In the Park - Conkers - Topkapi Palace - Mahomet's Footprint - In a Harem - The Diamond as Big as the Ritz - The Blue Mosque - A House of Allah - The Carpets - Strines in the Tourist Office - In a Café - A Sunset Boat - Çay - Marooned in Asia - A Bus through the Continent - Return to Galata - Dinner Upstairs - Boiled Cockroaches.

Saturday 24th September

Early to Rise - Çay, çay - In the Grand Bazaar - Leder Goods - The Student of Mathematics - Back to the Bank - Down to the Quays - A Boat Along the Bosphorus - The Minarets - Houses in Asia - The Sun, the Trees - A Sight of the Euxine - The Landing-Stage - Cinnamon Mussels - The Cat Jumps - Figs - A Dull conversation - Sultanahmet Mosque - Another Meal Upstairs - Raki - To Bed.

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