Wet and Wonderful!

Yes. This is the blog from Sunday.  I had so many pictures, descriptive captions, and even a movie.  Then, magically, it disappeared.  If I find it, I will repost it.  Otherwise, I will remake it at the next opportunity.  Tesekkurler for your patience.

Over 7 miles of walking on Sunday.  Patio is a sweet place to rest the feet.

Ortakoy Sunday Market.  We're pretty wet, but it just stopped raining

Helen's feet in the Uber after the rainstorm that caused flash flooding and the power to go out.  Thank goodness our hotel had a generator!

Where's Waldo in front of the Galata Tower (15th Century)

Google maps let us down near the Galata Tower

Stairs to the Galata Tower

One of the locals getting ready to jump off the Galata Bridge into the dirty water of the Golden Horn.

Our favorite shop at the Spice Bazaar.

The manager of the shop who laughed a bit with us and gave us "deals"

the pouring rain out the transit door.

Still raining for our extensive walk to the Ortakoy Market.

The Dolmabache Palace which we had to forgo seeing since we slept in (aahh).

And, still raining

K & H on the Galata Bridge

We will pay anything to be able to use a toilet that is above ground level! (Refer to trauma in earlier post)

Kevin letting us know that this guy scammed us.  Dropped his shoe shine brush and kept walking.  Kevin picked it up and handed it to him.  We tipped him a very little anyway.  He shouted FU at us as we walked away.

Thinking of Helen in Istanbul.  So glad she is here.

A video of our partial ride on public transit during the rainstorm.