Thursday, December 29, 2022

Greetings from Istanbul! Quick Layover on Flight from Newark, New Jersey to Bombay, India

 Greetings from Istanbul! Treasures from an old Turkish bazaar.


Istanbul, Turkey

Friday, October 14, 2022


Quick layover in Istanbul allows me to roam through the bazaars in the Duty Free area: Isnik ceramics, Turkish halva, magic carpets & glazed terracotta. Istanbul Entices.


Edible options: tons of syrupy baklava, wheels of sourdough bread, pidem with assorted stuffing & Turkish delight.


As In Yeats’ poem, the harbor is full of container ships that sailed to Byzantium. Modern-day Istanbul.


From the aircraft, upon landing in Istanbul, across the Bosporus, I see the thin strip of land that connects Europe with Asia.


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