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Tuesday, September 02, 2014

Last night in Istanbul | Inquirer Opinion

Last night in Istanbul
By Rina Jimenez-David |Philippine Daily Inquirer
2:39 am | Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014

ISTANBUL—Our last day in this city, and in Turkey, actually began halfway through it, when we left the Grand Tarabya Hotel, on the banks of the Bosphorus at nearly noon.

Our first stop was the Spice Bazaar (also known as the Egyptian Bazaar) to pick up such necessities as spices and dates, dried apricots, teas and coffee, purses and scarves, and of course the ubiquitous Evil Eye trinkets that are supposed to protect the wearer and the household from evil spirits.

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