Turkey

It's our first proper day in Turkey 

We woke at about 8am

And headed down to the basement kitchen for breakfast

It's kind of self service here 

You just take what you want

And head up to the roof terrace

Which has some spectacular views

I was following the rest upstairs

Trying to balance my tray of beautiful food

I made my way in to the elevator 

And promptly spilled a glass of orange juice everywhere

On the floor 

On my feet 

In the elevator

A woman came and helped me clean up

And I headed up to the roof terrace

What a beautiful place to eat your breakfast 

I just had a slice of toast and an egg

As I want to keep my energy up

But I don't want to feel too full

Last night we went out for dinner

I was sure that I wouldn't like the food here 

But it was really delicious

We ordered lots of little sharing plates

Like stuffed peppers 

And various dips

Then we had two lamb dishes which were so yummy

It's nice to eat like that 

As you can just nibble away at whatever you fancy

After that 

We went back to the hotel for an early night

As we were all pretty wrecked

I've been wondering how to manage my meds while I'm here

So I've kind of been experimenting with where and when to take them 

This morning I took them as prescribed

But half way through breakfast

I was on the nod

And falling asleep

So while the others finished their food

I headed back to the room for a little nap

I slept for about 20mins

Met up with the others 

And we headed out to explore 

Our first port of call

Was the Galtara Tower

Which we climbed to see panoramic views of the city

To be honest though 

I couldn't enjoy it or appreciate it

As I was just too groggy

After about an hour 

I made the decision to go back to the hotel 

To recharge my batteries 

And have a sleep

She that's where I am now

I feel like such a light weight

And lesson learned with my meds

I will now either take them at night

Or not take the tablets at all 

All I can do now is rest

And be fighting fit for tomorrow

It's amazing 

I'm sitting here at the balcony of our room

It's 1pm

And I can hear the call to prayer in the distance 

It happens a few times a day

And there is something enchanting about hearing it

I haven't taken many photos yet 

Below is a small selection

Hopefully I will be back to myself tomorrow

And will take Istanbul by storm....