Sultanahmet Scenes

Sunday we just walked around Sultanahmet a bit, looking for a laundry, free wifi, the Grand Bazaar, other sights... 

Actually, the laundry we found (4 lira/kilo, wash, dry, fold)

was not far from this scene

Making crepes the old-fashioned way

Christian churches are not the only ones with scaffolding

Always check guidebook before heading

out: we found the Grand Bazaar easily enough

but also found that it is closed on Sundays

Culturally-sensitive McDonald's is always open, and, yes,

serves Turkish coffee

Instanbul is the EU's "cultural capital" for 2010 (although

Turkey is not yet a member of the EU) and is offering free

wifi at selected spots around town; this on the Hippodrome,

which is nowadays just a big mall area



Remains of the Million Arch, the point from

which all roads in the eastern empire were

measured



The Egyptian obelisk, on the Hippodrome



The serpentine column, originally much larger;

shows where the ground was back in Roman

times





Another ancient column, this one plundered

of its original bronze facing

Back at our campground, youngsters learning how to fish