Monday, May 23, 2011

The 7 hills of Istanbul

Turns out we're near / at the top of one of them. The Goleta tower was built in 1455 and is the center of a lovely little piazza where everything is downhill. 3 steps off the center of the piazza and you will need to have trained 3 months on the stair-master for the return trip. We walked a couple of side trips.

Jim, this counts as mountain climbing with shoe shops & cafes. David comments that I am out of shape - that's just because I've made him stop at four cafes in six hours. Okay, we stayed at two of those for over an hour each, but for God's sake, I climbed the freakin' 7 Hills of Istanbul in ONE walking tour. I swear. (Okay, there were also two potty breaks...and then I stopped at 3 stores selling shoes...)

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