We went to the grand bazaar today and I didn't really buy anything. We had lunch there and saw some great shops. Heather nearly swooned when we went into a shop that sold embroidered silk ikats and she asked the price of a coat. Of course it was probably the most expensive as I had chosen it to look at. I seem to have the ability to pick the most expensive of its type wherever we go - probably because I know what I am looking at, and want to explain on a good piece. Anyway this coat was in big polka dots (as it was ikat the polka dots were shimmering), and each polka dot had a flower embroidered in it by hand after the coat was sewn together. Then I got the sales assistant to get down some similar material (they sold it by the metre) and it was $120 per metre but only kimono width (22 inches). I think heather wanted to get out quickly! There were two Japanese customers in the shop.
Some temporary shops have been set up on the hypodrome, selling work by women from south east Turkey - labeled with the provence and all are provences that we visited. The last day is tomorrow and I bought some nice things from them.
Evidently two candidates have been killed. Heather found out where the rallys are (the Kurdish one will also go ahead tomorrow legally) and we got the hotel to show us on a map exactly where they both are. There are riot shields on the ground at the end of the hypodrome. This afternoon your favorite planes were ricocheting in the sky over the blue mosque. Dfat has issued a travel alert for the whole place according to heather. I have sorted out my phone and it is going again. Tomorrow i won't catch any public transport as I will be in the area, looking at museums. The rallys are very late in the day - the one for the ruling party is at 5:30!
Not entirely, but partly. Turks like noise. The shops open late and close late.
ReplyDeleteWe went to the grand bazaar today and I didn't really buy anything. We had lunch there and saw some great shops. Heather nearly swooned when we went into a shop that sold embroidered silk ikats and she asked the price of a coat. Of course it was probably the most expensive as I had chosen it to look at. I seem to have the ability to pick the most expensive of its type wherever we go - probably because I know what I am looking at, and want to explain on a good piece. Anyway this coat was in big polka dots (as it was ikat the polka dots were shimmering), and each polka dot had a flower embroidered in it by hand after the coat was sewn together. Then I got the sales assistant to get down some similar material (they sold it by the metre) and it was $120 per metre but only kimono width (22 inches). I think heather wanted to get out quickly! There were two Japanese customers in the shop.
ReplyDeleteSome temporary shops have been set up on the hypodrome, selling work by women from south east Turkey - labeled with the provence and all are provences that we visited. The last day is tomorrow and I bought some nice things from them.
Evidently two candidates have been killed. Heather found out where the rallys are (the Kurdish one will also go ahead tomorrow legally) and we got the hotel to show us on a map exactly where they both are. There are riot shields on the ground at the end of the hypodrome. This afternoon your favorite planes were ricocheting in the sky over the blue mosque. Dfat has issued a travel alert for the whole place according to heather. I have sorted out my phone and it is going again. Tomorrow i won't catch any public transport as I will be in the area, looking at museums. The rallys are very late in the day - the one for the ruling party is at 5:30!