My favorite spot for reading and breaks near Taqsim square. second visit on, they started serving my tea in tall glasses rather than the dainty short ones, for the same price 2 TL The owner loved Orhan Pamuk, only if Azarin were there, bet they could engage in Pamuk-related conversations as long as that man needed. I was exhausted trying to understand his English. So I lied. I said I have to finish that book by the end of the day and really didn't know Pamuk..., so he'd let me go back to reading istanbul/ Pamuk : ) Took the book with me for details about his childhood.
Photo essay: Seeing friends and sights