Wednesday, we took the morning and walked up the street to one of the bazaars and then spent the rest of the morning in a couple of museums. The museums we visited were really very good. They contained stone carvings and other smaller artifacts from as early as 500 BC. As I ran my hand over one of the stone carvings, my thoughts went to “who was it that touched and carved this stone that “I” am now touching ??? I wont go into a lot of detail now, but to tell you the makers of the temples, stone figures, and smaller artifacts, were all incredible artists, architects, and engineers. Leaving the museums, we went looking for lunch and then Doug and I headed out to pick up “Bumble Bee”. Thinking I know everything about getting around in Istanbul, now that I’ve been here a total of 4 days, we grabbed a cab and I said “just go that way until I tell you to stop…”. Well, after riding for ever and watching the “meter” going off the screen with $$, Doug tapped me on the shoulder and asked, “are you sure we are going the right way????” “Yep”… it wasn’t long and I knew that I was hopelessly lost, so I motioned to the cab driver to “make a U-Turn”…not an easy task, but with a turn off of one street and into a little village, going to, God knows were, we finally ended up heading the opposite direction. Finally after a while, I recognized something, so I halted the cab, and the two of us jumped out underneath a freeway overpass. You must know, Doug is now wondering why in the heck he “volunteered” to come with me… Anyway, I just wanted to get my bearings again with out the pressure of that “meter” clicking. When the next cab came by I hailed it as well and we were finally on our way to “Bumble Bee”. Now, when we pulled out of the driveway and started towards Istanbul and the ladies, I just knew we would have no problem getting back to Angel’s….dang, “what is that bridge?, we don’t cross any bridges…we’ve got to get all the way over to the right and get off…” Well, we got off in time and made it back to Angel’s and the ladies, but we were a little later than we had told them we would be. Oh well, …Tomorrow….leaving Istanbul and all of us heading to Cappadocia
7 October ’04, Thursday. Well, I don’t really know how it happened, but I lost a day…
Wednesday, we took the morning and walked up the street to one of the bazaars and then spent the rest of the morning in a couple of museums. The museums we visited were really very good. They contained stone carvings and other smaller artifacts from as early as 500 BC. As I ran my hand over one of the stone carvings, my thoughts went to “who was it that touched and carved this stone that “I” am now touching ??? I wont go into a lot of detail now, but to tell you the makers of the temples, stone figures, and smaller artifacts, were all incredible artists, architects, and engineers. Leaving the museums, we went looking for lunch and then Doug and I headed out to pick up “Bumble Bee”. Thinking I know everything about getting around in Istanbul, now that I’ve been here a total of 4 days, we grabbed a cab and I said “just go that way until I tell you to stop…”. Well, after riding for ever and watching the “meter” going off the screen with $$, Doug tapped me on the shoulder and asked, “are you sure we are going the right way????” “Yep”… it wasn’t long and I knew that I was hopelessly lost, so I motioned to the cab driver to “make a U-Turn”…not an easy task, but with a turn off of one street and into a little village, going to, God knows were, we finally ended up heading the opposite direction. Finally after a while, I recognized something, so I halted the cab, and the two of us jumped out underneath a freeway overpass. You must know, Doug is now wondering why in the heck he “volunteered” to come with me… Anyway, I just wanted to get my bearings again with out the pressure of that “meter” clicking. When the next cab came by I hailed it as well and we were finally on our way to “Bumble Bee”. Now, when we pulled out of the driveway and started towards Istanbul and the ladies, I just knew we would have no problem getting back to Angel’s….dang, “what is that bridge?, we don’t cross any bridges…we’ve got to get all the way over to the right and get off…” Well, we got off in time and made it back to Angel’s and the ladies, but we were a little later than we had told them we would be. Oh well, …Tomorrow….leaving Istanbul and all of us heading to Cappadocia
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