Last Days in Turkey

Gordon and I did end up going back to the Grand Bazaar and we found Huseyn amid all kinds of ceramics. He took us to a few lantern stores, but we decided to go back to a larger one that was not inside the Bazaar because they had a huge selection. We found a few that we liked and made an offer that was not accepted, left to go look around some more, and came back to ask for an even lower price. I think we did pretty well too because we got our price. It took us at least an hour in total to buy two lanterns, but we liked the man at the shop, whose name I can't remember anymore, but Gordon has his business card. He was alot of fun, kind of cooky - that's the picture that he took of himself with Gordon's camera. Once we had bought them, he wrapped our lanterns in newspaper and tape and then he threw one across the room to a suprised Gordon and kicked the other across the floor like a soccer ball (later, the security officer at Heathrow had a really hard time trying to make sure we didn't have any liquids inside of these packages). He assured us - these will not break.

The next morning Gordon went to an Archeology Museum that he had heard about from one of his professors and I went to spend the rest of our money on turkish delight. We went to Topkapi Palace and saw more beautiful tilework, gardens, and elaborate jewels. My favorite, and one of the busiest spots, was a case that held a footprint of the Prophet Muhammad and also his Qu'ran. We also took a tour of the Harem.