| Friday
        21st - Saturday 22nd February 2003 | 
    
    
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      Taksim Square in
        the snow | 
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      Paul, in the snow | 
    
    
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      The snow-scape
        from the hotel window | 
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      Helen in front of
        the Ataturk monument | 
    
    
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      A short trip on
        the Tunel railway - just feel the enthusiasm | 
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      Paul in the lower
        Tunel station | 
    
    
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      The view across
        the Golden Horn | 
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      Topkapi Palace in
        the distance | 
    
    
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      North of the
        Galata Bridge | 
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      Walking across
        the bridge in the snow | 
    
    
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      Helen at one of
        the gates to the Kapali Carsi (the world-infamous Grand Bazaar) | 
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      Paul inside the
        Bazaar, in front of a wee house | 
    
    
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      Helen in the
        Sultan Cafe... | 
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      ... and in front
        of one of the two marble fountains that used to provide water for the
        whole place. | 
    
    
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      It was very easy
        to get lost - there are over 4,000 stalls - but never dull and boring | 
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      The New Mosque,
        next to the Spice Bazaar | 
    
    
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      The streets
        outside the Spice Bazaar | 
        | 
      For no reason in
        particular that we could discern, these cars were driving around Taksim
        square with flares | 
    
    
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      Paul in front of
        the "Ladyman" store | 
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      Helen in the
        English-style pub in Istiklal Caddesi | 
    
    
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      Paul, avec
        cocktail, in the bar of the Pera Palas hotel (once home to Agatha
        Christie) | 
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      Helen in the Fish
        Market outside the Caravan Rock Club | 
    
    
        | 
      The Velvet
        Band onstage in the James Joyce Irish Pub | 
        | 
      Helen in the
        Irish Pub, slightly worse for wear | 
    
    
        | 
      Helen with the
        band's lead singer | 
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