The map was not that accurate. Fortunately, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo encountered something interesting along the way. A family was enjoying the cool air on the grass by the roadside. A one-year-old child stood by the fence on the edge of the grass and watched Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo. Yunluo saw that he was very cute, so she took out her camera to take a picture of him. As a result, he squatted down in fear and tried to use the fence to block himself.
I even covered my eyes with my hands, leaving a little gap at the edge, to observe Yunluo. So cute. I saw a Muslim couple talking about love under the shade of a tree, facing the Sea of Marmara, so romantic. Istanbul is definitely a very romantic city. When Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were worrying about why they hadn't arrived yet, there were two children.
They told Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo that they were very hungry and wanted to ask Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo for 1 lira, 1 lira. Such standard and fluent English made it clear that they were professional beggars, so Yunluo pretended not to understand. Seeing that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo ignored them, they changed their approach and said that they would take photos for 1 lira, 1 lira.
Yunluo was curious. If they asked Yunluo to take photos of her, Yunluo would definitely not believe in their skills. If they asked Yunluo to take photos of them, Yunluo would definitely not be interested in them. Still pretending not to understand, these were a few locals who yelled at them. The two walked away angrily, and their expressions must have said that the adults were meddling in their business.
However, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo did not have the courage to go on. It was like you always saw that the bridge was only so far away. You kept walking towards it, but it was still so far away. As a result, the taxi driver told Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo that they could not walk here. After asking several people, they all told Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo that they could not walk.
That doesn't matter. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo took a taxi and went through it to feel the feeling of going from Asia to Europe. Juzi was exhausted. It was only 11 o'clock and she wanted to have lunch. In fact, Nalan Shiqi, Yunluo and the other two were not hungry. But they also wanted to rest. They just found a restaurant to eat at the place where they got off the bus.
This was the first meal that Nalanshiqi and Yunluo paid for in Istanbul. It turned out to be the cheapest and most satisfying meal of their trip to Turkey. No one in the restaurant understood English, but food knows no borders. Everything here was freshly made, the bread and cakes were freshly baked, and they were all free.
They also gave Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo some salads and various sauces, including some hot sauces, which were very much to Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo's taste. After dinner, they walked down to the beach. There was also a mosque, and across the strait was where Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo had just come from.
There are bars on the beach, which are restaurants during the day. It was dinner time, and there were guys soliciting customers at the door. One person asked Yunluo excitedly, "Is the camera a Nikon? How much is it?" Yunluo's brain short-circuited at the time, and he said 1,000 US dollars. The guy shook his head and said it was too expensive, and it only cost 500 US dollars at Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo's place.
Later, I calculated that it was not 1,000, but more than 2,000. Uh, if Yunluo had said 2,000 at that time, what would he say? It was impossible to stay at the beach at noon. The sun was shining directly. Many Muslim women wore black clothes and covered themselves tightly. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo stayed for a while. Then, according to Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo's plan, they went to Taksim Square.
Taksim Square is very similar to People's Square in Beijing and is a transportation hub. The Independence Avenue next to it is very similar to Nanjing East Road next to People's Square. There are various shopping malls and various old Turkish shops. Yunluo thinks that the buildings on Independence Avenue are far inferior to those on Nanjing East Road. They have a long history and are well preserved. Each building has its own characteristics.
Every detail is unique. Perhaps only Harbin's Central Street can be compared. Everything sold in the mall is turkey-made, and the price of clothing is much cheaper than in China. If you want to buy daily necessities and food in Turkey, this is a good choice. The weather is too hot, Yunluo is about to have heatstroke.
We can't go on walking. Yunluo needs to rest and sleep. Finally, the four of them discussed and decided that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo should go to the Turkish bath. On the way back, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo met three little boys selling freshly squeezed orange juice. A glass only costs 1 lira, which is cheaper than the orange juice Yunluo drank when he went there in 2009.
One of them is responsible for cutting, one is responsible for squeezing juice, and one is responsible for cashiering. The three of them work very closely together, which is good. The freshly squeezed juice tastes good. The Turkish bath has a history of hundreds of years, and there are still several baths left from the past. The simplest description of the Turkish bath is hot and cold water scrubbing, and before that, men and women basically bathed together.
So you have to wear a swimsuit to take a bath here. Maybe it's a tradition that men and women cannot be naked. There are special signs at the entrance of the separate bathing areas for men and women. There is one about 500 meters away from Nalanshiqi and Yunluo Hotel. It costs 70 liras per person, including a scrub and a simple massage.
The hot place is a steam room, where you sweat a little first to facilitate the subsequent scrubbing. The scrubbing is no different from that in China, except that after the scrubbing, they will use something like a giant bath ball to surround your body with a layer of bubbles. This will make you very clean, and then they will help you wash your hair.
The whole process makes you feel very comfortable. After that, you will be taken to the swimming pool for swimming. I tell you, if you are tired of swimming, go to the steam room first, then swim, and repeat this process. If you want to go out, take a shower in the shower. There is a row of chairs for rest in the changing area. In fact, the roof is very beautiful, but the mobile phone is not good for taking pictures, so forget it.
After taking a shower, I felt hungry, so I found a small restaurant next to the hotel. The price was about the same as at noon, still very cheap. Later, Yunluo found out that in the places they went before, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo had eaten in scenic spots, which were of course very expensive. Now in Istanbul, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo ate in residential areas, so the price would of course be much cheaper.
Yunluo ordered the chicken drumstick that Juzi had for lunch. The food in this small shop was also delicious. She also ordered a cup of Turkish black tea. Since Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo learned to drink black tea at the Vanilla Hotel in Fethiye, they also liked the taste. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo actually attracted a wild cat, which put its paws on Yunluo's chair.
Meowing, I felt it was hungry. I tore a piece of bread for it, but it didn't want to eat it at all. It sniffed it and used a gentle offensive. It rubbed against your legs and kept acting coquettishly with you. Yunluo had no choice but to throw all the leftover chicken bones to it. The next day, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo played the traditional highlights.
Blue Mosque, Old Palace. Because the Hagia Sophia was under repair, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo went to the Small Hagia Sophia next to the hotel. The Small Hagia Sophia is really not big, probably about the same size as the Hagia Sophia in Harbin. It was later converted into a mosque, and tourists can only visit it in the visiting area.
A Muslim girl was studying inside. You need to wear slippers when entering the door. Because there are few tourists, there is no service staff at the door. They just tell you what to wear when entering. After the visit, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo went to the Blue Mosque. The Blue Mosque is also called the Sultan Ahmed Mosque.
This is also the largest mosque in Istanbul and the symbol of Istanbul. The biggest features of Turkish mosques are the large domes and minarets. The Blue Mosque has 6 minarets and a large dome with a height of 43 meters and a diameter of 27.5 meters, as well as 4 secondary domes and 30 small domes.
Mosques with six minarets are rare in the world. Of course, they are also the most crowded. This is also a mosque in use, and it can only be visited in the visiting area. However, there are many more service staff at the door, some are responsible for distributing shoe covers, some are responsible for getting clothes for tourists who are not dressed properly, and some are responsible for directing the flow of people.
Ladies have to wear headscarves. But Yunluo felt that she looked so unfashionable wearing a headscarf, just like a country girl. The inner wall is decorated with more than 20,000 Iznik tiles. The main color is blue, which is why the Blue Mosque got its name. The interior of the mosque is extremely magnificent, and there is a sacred and reverent feeling in it.
Walking out of the main hall, there is a courtyard that is a symbol of Turkish mosques. In the middle is a water tower for washing body and hands, surrounded by a circle of side halls. It records the development history of the Blue Mosque in detail. It was built in 1616 and has a history of nearly 400 years. After the visit, we came to the area between the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia.
This is a good place to take photos of your visit. You can take photos of the Blue Mosque in the right direction, and you can take photos with the Hagia Sophia by turning around. It is also a good place for Istanbul people to rest. At this time, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo saw a group of students led by several teachers coming here to play.
One of the teachers actually stood upside down, and Yunluo quickly took out his camera to take a picture. At this time, the teachers and students saw that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were very friendly, so they came over and asked to take a photo with Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo. They also brought cameras and took photos with this one and that one, and everyone was very happy.
Some children wanted to take photos with Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo alone, and refused to let their classmates join them. Looking at their childish expressions, they were so cute. Bad Sheep and Yunluo said before that they would not have enough time to visit the Old Palace in one day. There is also an archaeological museum inside the Old Palace, but Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo did not have time and were not very interested, so they gave up.
Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo only had half a day to spend in the Old Palace. The Old Palace is also called Topkapi Palace. Compared with the Forbidden City in China, the Old Palace is quite different. First, the Old Palace has a large green area with lawns and a tree-lined road leading from the entrance to the palace.
The Forbidden City is said to be built to prevent assassins. There is no tree in the Forbidden City except for the Imperial Garden. When the emperor wanted to go out for a walk, he would go to Jingshan Park for a short time and go to the Summer Palace for a long time. Second, the function of the emperor's residence has been stopped and it has been changed into a history museum. However, the things displayed in the Palace Museum are much more colorful.
Third, you can take photos in all the exhibition halls of the Forbidden City, but you cannot use flash. You cannot take photos in all the exhibition halls of the Old Imperial Palace. I don’t know why. The one that impressed me the most was the Spoon Maker Diamond in the Treasure House. This is a large 86-carat diamond surrounded by 49 small diamonds in two circles, inlaid in a teardrop shape, sparkling.
Not only can't you take pictures here, you can't even get close to it. There's a fence outside the glass. This is really a treasure! Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo also bought tickets to the harem. The harem needs to be purchased separately. You can take pictures in the harem, but the decoration style of each room is very similar.
Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo didn't rent an audio guide, which was a very wrong decision. Because you have no idea what these places are for, and there is nothing on display. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo's visit ended when the museum was almost closing. Go, go, go, go back to have dinner.
Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo thought the restaurant they ate at last night was really good. The food was delicious, the price was cheap, and the wifi signal was good. They could also watch the game while eating and chat with their friends in China. Unexpectedly, the cat from yesterday came again. Could it be that it recognized Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo?
There were so many people eating, but it didn't go to other people's tables. It just liked to rub against Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo. But the owner of the restaurant was used to these wild cats, so he used a mineral water bottle to spray water to drive them away, scaring the little black cat away. The owner also told Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo that there were many wild cats here, and they used water to drive them away.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
After Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo finished their meal, the boss gave each of them a cup of Turkish black tea. It should be because Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo had eaten here for two consecutive days, which made him feel very happy.
The third day in Istanbul, Grand Bazaar & foreign graduation ceremony (the fifteenth day) Grand Bazaar-Yeni Mosque-Istanbul University The third day in Istanbul The last day in Turkey, I have a very complicated mood. On the one hand, I will go back to my country. I miss home and Chinese food very much.
On the other hand, she was really reluctant to leave. The customs and practices of foreign countries intoxicated Yunluo. Before, every time she went to a country, Yunluo wanted to immigrate there. Now this habit came back again. She was so lazy in the morning that she didn't go out until noon, and she checked out of the room before going out. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo went out later and later, and it was already noon.
Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo mainly wanted to go to the Grand Bazaar today to buy some small gifts for their friends in China. Although they bought a lot along the way, this is the battlefield. The Grand Bazaar is a covered market. There are all kinds of high, medium and low-end souvenirs sold here. But the price is very high, so you have to experience the fun of bargaining.
It's just that none of the four of them, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo, like to bargain. And bargaining is based on quantity, how much for one, how much for two, how much for four, how much for ten. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo also have different aesthetics, and what each of them likes is not what the others like. When Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo both like something, they will take the opportunity to buy more.
What impressed Yunlu the most was when Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo walked to a small shop on the edge of the city. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo liked a hanging scroll that could be placed in the car or tied to the key. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo decided to buy a little more, as it was not expensive. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were too embarrassed to say anything.
Buy things. As long as the price is lower than your psychological expectation, it's fine. The shop owner is a middle-aged uncle. After Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo paid, he actually spoke standard Chinese to them. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were stunned. What's going on! He saw Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo and was very surprised to tell Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo.
He could understand the conversation between Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo. He was studying Chinese at Istanbul University. Well, what a studious uncle. Let Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo admire him. I was just curious, why didn't he speak Chinese to Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo when they were buying things?
After leaving the Grand Bazaar, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo had lunch and went to Istanbul University. It was graduation season again, with endless farewells and endless yearnings. I took a few photos of several graduates, and their smiles were all very bright. Thinking about it, it has been six years since I graduated. If you say it’s long, it’s more than 2,000 days and nights, but if you say it’s short, it’s just a blink of an eye.
There are many wild cats on campus. I saw one with an aristocratic look. Its eyes are not the same color. It is neither a Persian cat nor a Garfield cat (forgive Yunluo for only knowing these two). After leaving the university, it was still early. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo decided to go for a walk on the Galata Bridge.
There are a lot of people who like to fish in the sea here, but it seems that there are no floats. How good skills are needed to catch fish. From this bridge, you can see the bridge I walked on the day before yesterday from afar, but in the sun, it was photographed in black and white by the falling clouds. There is still some time left, so let's go to the Yeni Mosque.
Yeni Mosque is also a famous church in Istanbul. When Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo went in, it seemed like they were filming a movie. It is really famous here. There are many fat pigeons here, and many people feed them every day. The spice market is right next to it, and I don’t want to miss it.
After all, the movie "Spice Kingdom" is so famous. The spice market is also called the "Egyptian Bazaar"; it is said that there were more than 90 spice shops here, but now there are fewer and fewer, replaced by shops selling Turkish specialties. The waiter here is also very good at Chinese, and even said, "My Chinese friends, I love you."
Wow, it's great. After walking around, I found that it was similar to the Grand Bazaar in the morning. Forget it, I decided to go back for dinner. Every Turkish meal made Yunluo miss the taste of China. Finally, I decided to buy a box of instant noodles. There are not many places selling instant noodles here, but fortunately there is one in the supermarket next to the hotel.
After checking out, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were embarrassed to eat in the lobby because the smell was too strong. So they decided to get some hot water and eat in the small park, so they could use the wifi of the small restaurant where they had eaten two days ago. Yunluo put the phone on her lap and held the instant noodles in her hand. (To be continued...)