Our next outing was to the Grand Bazaar and Suleiman Cami,
or the Mosque of Suleiman the Magnificent.
We saw a few familiar sights along the way.
As usual, the Grand Bazaar sounds like a fun place to visit with its 3000 shops,
but it is so hectic and relentless that it soon becomes a chore, and then a
place you can’t wait to leave. It is hot
(all those light bulbs), it is noisy (all those touts hollering at you to make a
deal), it is confusing (set out on a grid that is not really a grid), and
finally, exhausting (see all of the above).
It was also hard to take photos, since even the shortest pause from walking would attract a shopkeeper to try to sell something. So we made our purchases, and left by way of the booksellers’
bazaar.
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