Having returned from Istanbul three days ago, I have not yet had time to post before now. Meanwhile, amid all the stress of decisionmaking for my future, the memories of Istanbul has hardly had an opportunity to mature.

To me Istanbul was an exotic and wonderful city that I only got to explore for five days. I sampled the sights, the sounds and the smells of the Grand Bazaar, the grand air of the Aya Sofia, the atmosphere during the prayers in the Blue Mosque, the frenzied streets around Taksim Square and the damp experience of the Gagaloglu Hamam... And still I have only scratched the surface of this metropol.

One day I will return.