Photo 1: Me trying a Turkish tea
A fairly uneventful day today. The kids are exhausted and pleaded for a lazy day. They have rose to the occasion every time - rising early, dragging bags and sometimes through busy streets and seeing things they weren't particularly interested in. They have done very well.
During breakfast we met with a family from Syria. He is an English literature professor that has lived in America for the past six years. He lectured in Aleppo in Syria and was saddened by the state of that area. He said to us, after some discussion, how his university does not cover Australian literature and we had inspired him to teach this. He had not heard of Banjo Patterson or Henry Lawson but would research them upon return.
Later, we walked down some back streets near the Grand Bazaar. There were lots of amazing shops and markets where people carried huge loads until their backs were horizontal. An incredible walk. Around the corner the traffic was mad, the amount of people was nuts and the pestering to buy wares was crazy. Shopkeepers always have an answer for any reasons we gave to not buy so we have quickly learnt to keep one step ahead. For example pretend to be talking on the mobile or remark that we have already bought one elsewhere. Mind you, the latter doesn't always work as they nearly always want to sell another.
We purchased tickets for an open bus tour for tomorrow after some haggling so the kids could ride free. This will be our last piece of sightseeing before we pack for home.
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