10 must do’s in Istanbul

1. Watch a Whirling Dervish show

2. Shop the Grand Bizarre

3. Stay in the Sultanahmet (old part of town)

4. Go into the Blue Mosque

5. Drink some fresh pomegranate juice from a street vendor

6. Buy a carpet

7. Go get a scrub from one of the many old hammams

8. Take a ride along the Bosphorus

9. Let yourself day dream during the call of prayer

10. Go to the Beyoglu and get your fortune told (it’s called Fal: drink a Turkish coffee and the                                          grounds left over are readto tell your fortune)