One of the most appealing things about Istanbul is the sea that
splits it. It’s the one stretch of calm in a city full of noise and revelry and
agitation. With the onset of the hedonistic Istanbul summer, it provides the perfect venue for city picnics.
At thriving
food market just around the corner, we filled a bag with humus, freshly grilled octopus, red pepper
and ricotta paste, olives wrapped in anchovies, stuffed vine leaves and bakery
bread still warm from the oven.
We took all this down to the water and laid our spread on
one of the wide, flat table-like rocks next to a group of Turkish men
contentedly singing old Turkish songs into the night. There we stayed and
gorged ourselves until the last of the light faded and the iconic mosques of
Sultanahmet glowed luminescent across the dark expanse of water.
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