Orval, Orval, Orval...

[Bubblehead]

 

What a pleasant surprise!   Tell me Orval, is the North Entrance of the Blue Mosque still used

as the tourist door?  Do they still require visitors to remove their footwear before entering? 

I remember, with much fondness of course, nearly losing my Navy issue shoes, among the

hundreds and hundreds of shoes, slippers, boots, and all manner of footwear.  Thank

goodness I allowed one of the many street urchins, running up and down the path and carrying

their shoeshine boxes over their shoulders, to attend to my shoes before entering.

As a result, they sorta stood out among the scattering of shoes; and fortunately for me, not many

visitors that day wore black oxfords! 

Oh the memories!   Can one still purchase gold puzzle rings at the waterfront?  The silver kind? 

Tell us what new Lira coins are in fashion!  We still deal in Lira, yes?  Not the Euro?

Welcome, welcome, welcome!

 

[CarlWohlforth]

Bubblehead: I was wondering what set the tone of your post but then I looked at our latest member's profile. He is flogging a website with Istanbul in the address. I don't believe Turkey is close to being a member of the Euro yet, and with all the troubles with Greece and Ireland, think Turkey will be set back even further.

Gee, when I join other forums to promote (uh, OK, spam) my websites I usually go to the effort of posting a hello and try to pretend that I might actually be a contributing member. Sometimes I even meet people who I like and I do continue to return. I guess I just don't have the heart of a cold blooded spammer... I'm more of a warm hearted spammer.  

Of course I'll eat my words if Orval posts and turns out to be a real person... if he does I'll do a silver give away.