ISTANBUL pt. 2
we cut it close at the Athens airport, ran to our gate Home Alone style and flew to Istanbul. Gaelle met us with a written sign and we took a bus to Taxim (the main square). Instant bustle & overcrowding flow, hustling through hordes with our equipment & luggage. Right off the bat I found a santoor / cimbalom street musician, & singer who randomly stopped by to collaborate. The gig was solid, a stray cat crept up onstage and slept on my bag for the entire show. Istanbul is covered in stray cats, and it is probably more charming than any other kind of stray animal overload. The next day we hit a bunch of spots all over the city, usual tourist stuff & a few skirty avenues. I love any country with inexpensive fresh squeezed juice vendors and I drank a ton of orange, pomegrante and grapefruit by nice old dudes with juicers for 1-5 liras a pop (about 0.50-2.00 USD). They were always out of kiwi when I asked. We took a lot of taxis in Istanbul and nearly every one was a terriying experience. I drive a taxi for a living and while there is a bit of admiration and comradery for taxi dudes tearing through the city, it was really not to my tastes. Good luck out there, taksimen.
we cut it close at the Athens airport, ran to our gate Home Alone style and flew to Istanbul. Gaelle met us with a written sign and we took a bus to Taxim (the main square). Instant bustle & overcrowding flow, hustling through hordes with our equipment & luggage. Right off the bat I found a santoor / cimbalom street musician, & singer who randomly stopped by to collaborate. The gig was solid, a stray cat crept up onstage and slept on my bag for the entire show. Istanbul is covered in stray cats, and it is probably more charming than any other kind of stray animal overload. The next day we hit a bunch of spots all over the city, usual tourist stuff & a few skirty avenues. I love any country with inexpensive fresh squeezed juice vendors and I drank a ton of orange, pomegrante and grapefruit by nice old dudes with juicers for 1-5 liras a pop (about 0.50-2.00 USD). They were always out of kiwi when I asked. We took a lot of taxis in Istanbul and nearly every one was a terriying experience. I drive a taxi for a living and while there is a bit of admiration and comradery for taxi dudes tearing through the city, it was really not to my tastes. Good luck out there, taksimen.
what the fuck with those bridges
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