Cisterns and Simit

Merhaba from Istanbul! I'm still in a semi-zombie state due to waking up at 3am four days ago and staying up until 5am two days ago. I am way too old for those kinds of circadian shenanigans. That has not stopped from me from making pretty valiant sightseeing efforts here nor from really liking Istanbul so far. So scenic! So historic! So stylish! So clean! This is the cleanest city of 15 million I've seen, and I abhor litter bugs so I strongly approve of the civic spirit of tidiness.

Killing time while my photos upload

This is going to be a rambling post, but I would like to get the following disclaimer out there:  All the browsers here are set to French as the default language, and the keyboards are Arabic, so I would like full immunity for any and all spelling errors.  Let the rambling begin.

The Never-Know

If you ever watched Arrested Development, you may remember Tobias was a Never-Nude.  I have determined that I am a Never-Know because really I  never know anything - not where I am, not what somene is saying,  not if I am heading in the right direction, etc.  Basically, I am almost always somewhat confused and sometimes totally clueless.