July 24th. Spice market grand Bazaar and the Bosphorus strait









 Started off the day across the street with Turkish coffee. We asked for sugar with it. Those who have never had Turkish coffee it's very strong with the last sip pretty much very fine coffee grounds. Wilson wanted seconds I opted for Turkish tea. The goal for today was the grand Bazaar the spice market and the strait of Bosphorus. We entered the spice market. Omg as you can see by the ceiling of the market the spices and the Turkish candy it was my happy place. Oh how I wish I could take it home!!  Then we went to the Grand Bazaar the largest market under one  covering. It was ok but just so much of the same wares and goods I was over it. Next goal the Bosphorus strait. We are hot and thirsty. Stopped at a Turkish restaurant that served ice cold beer. We looked at our map trying to get our bearings. I took a screenshot so to explain the location. As I said previously Turkey is So instrumental in the movement of Russia Ukraine Slovakia and other countries regarding the movement of food supply. It was awesome with the true meaning of awesome to stand at the strait of the black sea to the Marmara sea into the Mediterranean sea. Crimea is so huge because of the warm water it's always open for continue transport. The one ship I took was the only cargo ship we saw all day. Clearly Russia stopping the agreement of grain export is in full affect. As we were told many ships should be crossing now. Sad. Hopefully beach tomorrow. Per Fitbit 7.8 miles AND that was after yoga practice. We are spent. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Here!!

Image
 Our last leg another 6 hours to Nairobi. Here is our hotel the Acacia Tree resort a non profit organization that support and help woman out of poverty. All profits from the resort go directly to woman and children. The place is beautiful and run very efficiently. We got to our room and were exhausted. Thinking we would take a nap we fell asleep at 9 AM only to wake at 3:30 PM. 
Read more

July 27 hot air balloons

Image
 At 430 AM we were picked up to head to our hot air balloon ride amongst 300 plus fellow ballooners. It was pretty amazing to see all of these balloons headed up together. There was absolutely no wind. We pretty much went up rotated many times to see our neighbors. Pretty spectacular. We then came down and the captain actually landed on the trailer. Pretty good captianing if you ask me:). After that it was only 630. Found a coffee shop that was opened. We met up with our guide again at 930. We visited the oldest and  largest church in Cappadocia. Then went to the outdoor museum where most of the rock formations were taken. We were then escorted to an amazing ceramics factory.  There was a demonstration by a master to make a round wine decanter. I didn't get a photo of it unfortunately. But 3 masters are involved in completing these works of art. The potter the designer then then painter. I threw pots in my 3 years of high school.and 1 year at college. I loved it. I unders...
Read more

. The streets of Jaipur

Image
 We got up early this morning to walk the streets. It's Sunday so the shops are late to open. It's quiet. We walked to the peoples palace. Around the area was the spice market and flower market. The odors on the streets is nearly unbearable at least to me. I have a very sensitive sense of smell. Wilson bought me a lei of flowers to wear to help with the smell. In front of us this camel pulling a cart runs in front of us!!  We walked further and were escorted into this Hindi revival. We were shown where to remove our shoes. Oh my the place was packed with colorful clothing music chants and dancing. The people would smile at us put their hands in a prayer and bow. We did the same back. It was pretty cool. We then came out of the tent to continue our walk. The streets became very busy and very crowded. With all the horns honking and chaos of trying to cross the street I became a bit overwhelmed. We had been walking a bit over 3 hours and 4.5 miles. I told Wilson I needed to go ba...
Read more