Our hotel in Istanbull was in the old quarter, we had a room on the third floor and access was via a steep, marble spiral staircase.
It was a beautiful sunny morning and so we were able to have breakfast in the garden which borders an ancient Turkish Bath House built in 1483 .
Before our evening flight to Dubai, we spent time at the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art. Well we did have a sleep in as well! We passed these tiles embedded in the pavement on our way there.
The Museum had a fantastic collection of 13th and 14th century turkish carpets which lined the walls in this display.
A set of beautiful doors made of copper panels.
An old brass oil lamp.
Of coursewe found time on the way back to collect our suitcasesd, to taste some Turkish pastries for the last time.
And at last we are back in Australia at Perry's apartment in Fremantle. It felt so good to be horizontal last night after a day in Istanbul and two flights which meant being vertical for 31 hours! He seemed pleased to see us as well, maybe becuase we were paying for dinner!!!
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