Subterranian Blues

Needed a quiet day today which started with a long chat with a Scottish carpet layer outside the hostel. He had nothing to do with Turkish variety of carpets, just travelling with a few friends in a large ex Scottish police van. 
Anyway, dumped my one piece of baggage in the new abode just down the road and headed for the underground. I have decided that a change is as good as ......
Not feeling particularly lively, I decided to head for the ancient cistern cavern, underground water storage, which goes back for centuries. The eerie  lighting is great for atmosphere but hellish difficult for photography.

Istanbul Cistern using one camera setting

The cistern with another setting

Thats about all for today so far except for the obligatory refreshment stops for some apple tea, which is incredibly refreshing, and a pudding in the Pudding Shop.  If you want to know what the weather is like, the image on the first blog says it all. Temps well into the 30s during the day. Luvly

Apple tea stop, just before the pudding stop

No guesses for what this is, but the pudding was excellent. Bon Appetit