Istanbul Part 3 (the Most Interesting Happenings)

     The most interesting taxi ride was probably the one from the Hagia Sophia.  We got in,  he drove normally (by that I mean he drove like a Turk, which means REALLY fast ALL the time) until he parked and leaped out of the car and dashed across the street.  Mom and I were very confused about what our driver was up to until Dad’s driver stopped beside us and said ‘toilet.’ Uh… OK.... our driver did come back; but he stopped five seconds later to stop and ask Dad’s driver for a cigarette. THEN he tried to dump us three blocks from our hotel. But we had walked ALL day so we said no thank you.

     The last full day we were in Istanbul we ate supper at a fish restaurant which was under a bridge and had a nice view of the New Mosque (which is old, that’s weird…) Supper was good, we had fish (duh,) Johanna and Dad had grilled and Mom and I tried the fish casserole which was good, but it wasn't what we think of as casserole. One of the waiters served us, and he gave me this out of the dish:

Everybody laughed……
they laughed so hard that he took pity on me and gave me something else.

 



     When we left the head man of the establishment sent one of his crew to takes us to a spot nearby to get us a cab (or two ;)) On the way there, the waiter he, and Dad lead the way with Mom close behind and the three of us behind her. When we were almost there mom stopped and whispered to Johanna and I: “he’s trying to get in good with your Dad.” 
Then the NEXT day I found out that the waiter said to Dad and I quote: “you have beautiful daughters, you should give me one.”
My reaction: 0.0 WHAT?