Amazon Takes A Ride On Nougat It’s been a few weeks since I wrote anything here and so we’ve headed west to Istanbul in search of inspiration. Indeed we’ve been here nearly a week. Yesterday we visited Kemer Golf and Country Club where Amazon took her first ride on a pony. The mount was a [...]
“This is much more fun than shopping Mummy” Visiting Istanbul isn’t just about having a break and visiting Granny, it also involves some practical shopping. And what more practical place to do it than the huge Carrefour complex at Ümraniye. This place is like B and Q on steroids. All manner of tools and appliances [...]
Time for a phone call! This photograph of Irem and Amazon may seem like a sign of the times? Truly we live in the age of stress where electronic devices intrude upon us at every inconvenient moment. Of course in Irem’s case the stress is self-induced. She could if she wished simply ask the caller [...]
Not Marlene Dietrich at The Cafe de Paris by Snowdon I came upon a photograph of Marlene Dietrich by Snowdon in an old copy of High Life, British Airways’ excellent in-flight magazine. Taken in 1955, long before Adobe Phhotoshop® came to pass, it shows the icon wearing a masculine dinner jacket and top hat. She [...]
Finding Nemo is one of Amazon’s favourite movies, but we found this little clown fish cleaning itself at Sirkeci during an afternoon shopping expedition. We like to visit Sirkeci and came here often when we lived in Istanbul, now we simply visit the place on every visit. You can probably buy, or get a repair, [...]
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Stephen Jeremy Maxwell Bray lives with his wife Irem, and daughter Amazon at Amos, Turunc near Marmaris, Turkey..
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