Well we had an exciting night tonight - a group of us wanted to go and see the whirling dervishes down at the Orient Express train station. We had taxis booked for 6pm but when we came down found out that the Pope was going to be going through Taxim Square tonight, so all roads were shut down - no traffic in or out and about a million police + helicopters everywhere. It was pretty weird when the roads around the square are usually packed with mad traffic to see it deserted and to be able to cross the street without feeling like you were taking your life in your hands.
That meant to get there we had to take the funicular and then a tram. The funicular part was pretty crowded, but not too bad, but the tram! my god - we let two go because we just couldn't fit on, then got onto the next one and I have never been so squashed in all of my life!! There were fights breaking out after two stops because people kept trying to get on and no one was getting off.... we got off at the fifth stop and it was really starting to get nasty.
Anyway the dervishes were pretty amazing then we had dinner at the Orient Express cafe. Traffic in Taxim Square is back to its normal insanity so I guess he's been and gone. I know tomorrow he s going to the Blue mosque and Haga Sophia, so we aren't going anywhere near there after the meeting!
The pics in this post are of the whirling dervishes....
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