Verizon may be the least depised phone service in the US but when it comes to service outside this great nation, you can forget it. With other US carriers (Cingular, T-mobile, for ex.), you are often an inexepensive sim card away from having mobile phone access. But with Verizon, you pretty much have to rent a phone, which means making a down payment, paying a daily fee that's just less than a rent-a-car, and get charged about $1.50 a minute! Talk about live and learn. Also, you might want to bring along your own laptop.
Anyway, it was a visit to the Spice Bazaar then back to the Grand Bazaar, then across the Galata Bridge for a few photo ops. Then a ferry ride back to the Asian Shore. Sometimes I'm not thrilled when others gush over the sights and sounds of their worldy travels, but really, Istanbul is simply amazing. Every few seconds and you're fumbling for the camera. Then you look at the shot and think that this doesn't capture the place at all. The one thing I seem to be able to do with this computer is download my pix, so I'll try to take a few short videos. Maybe that will give you all a better feel for the place. Tomorrow Topkapi Place. Also known as the Seraglio, The Sublime Porte, etc. Later y'all.
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