zoolMar 6

Can't quite take in the fact that a week from now i was idly dreaming of the food smells in Taksim Square and tonight i was standing there, smelling them!

Long walk from Taksim to where i'm staying on the edge of Sultanahmet. Through arty friendly neighbourhoods in Beyoğlu, past a huge green glowing tower, through fiercely lit shuttered tunnels, across the Bosphorus, the bridge lined with people fishing, lost in the twists of a deserted bazaar, a base in a between zone
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Always wanted to visit but never been to Istanbul, spur of the moment decision to change that next weekend, flying there because i'm an ecological vandal

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The Galata Tower. A nice feel to the neighbourhood walking up to it, this shopfront workshop with craft sessions caught my eye, you can go and make your own mosaic lamp for €35

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galata_Tower

https://www.highlightsinistanbul.com/

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Vast, lavish mosques each with a different illuminated banner, they are "mahya", made with LEDs now, previously with oil lamps, strung for Ramadan. The messages are quite humanistic
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Spookily quiet bazaar district, mediaeval layout, chaos architecture, populated by stray cats and late-night workmen, quite suddenly emerging into a glossy district of silver workers. Telling myself i don't need any silver. Looking forward to seeing more of this in daylight :)
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A duet or duel between the two big mosques in Sultanahmet Square, recording the lunchtime call to prayer from a little park in between #soundscape #audiofoto
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@ultrazool I can practically smell the spices wafting through the air 🙂
Mar 7 at 11:02pmWeb
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@gasman sent the recording to my mum, who replied "that's more melodic than we're used to" - in Siwa the hoarsely chanted Allahu Akbar competition, accompanied by donkey brays and bawling of wild dogs, comes with an air of "and you *will* like it"