An American Life in Istanbul

I am still gone, so here’s another picture from Istanbul. As I said earlier I spend a lot of time on Istiklal Street in Taksim. The street is lined start to finish with buildings built up against each other. Ever so often, there are small streets crossing Istiklal. Equally often there are ‘pasaj’ or passages. These are covered pathways between buildings that are typically filled with cafes, shops or in the case of the famous cicek pasaj (flower passage) Meyhanes (restaurants where one goes to drink Raki and eat Turkish appetizers). Here is a picture of a rather unimpressive pasaj. It is completely covered protecting it from the rain.

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