Oops, lost first part of today’s report

So where was I? In the beginning, I FINALLY woke up and got down to Turkish breakfast before it closed.  Yummmm, Renee!  Cucumbers here have so much more flavor.  Good cheeses, not great bread, but that was ok.  Good olives, too.  And off we went to Grand Bazaar.  Before we even got there, I had spent like three times my Istanbul budget!  Maybe even four times.  And, I can’t believe this, I bought a rug!  Now talk about coals to Newcastle — where am I going to put another rug????  We met two very charming men, Kurdish, brothers in law, from whom I bought a couple of presents and then Omer insisted that we go to his rug shop.  I told him I wasn’t going to buy, but clearly he knew better.  He was so charming, I couldn’t resist.  After those two shops I was so exhausted and leery, I was afraid to stop or even slow down in front of any shop in grand bazaar.  Long walk home, and way past time for nap.  Now, I think the post picks up at the post below.  I can report that hamam was nice, but nothing special — there is a big, important, oldest-in-Istanbul hamam that I want to go to, with 2-3 chambers of warm, hot, hottest marbles.  Just have to find it, find out how to get there, have time to get there.  After 8:00, time for bed again.  We forgot to take our No Jet Lag, bummer.  Now I know the stuff works when you take it instead of leaving It in the overhead bins during flight.  Always good to know something works, I guess, even if by omission.  Good night, sleep well.  jm & lg