On a ROLL!!

Yes...thinking Istanbul but looking at my photos...recalling the country and its habits or rather the traditions many of its believers follow.

The dirty feet brigade? No running water at home? Could have done it before leaving home? No? No indeed! These gentlemen didn't object to my photographing their preparations before entering the mosque. I was used to hand washing but feet? Well!

 So these signs are meant only to tempt the tourist and their purse strings. Even Aladdin and his cave features.

But no there is immediate help for those who need it to live in fairy land.

 Modern technology and smoking is frowned upon in the visit to the mosque. However on the streets the smokers are asked to stub it out in the attractive containers erected especially for smokers. And not everyone has a head covering (females that is) when entering the mosque. We tourists were offered or rather it was demanded of us to wrap a scarf or some material around our heads before we could join the queues to enter. No no one checked our smelly feet!!
So two entries in my BLOG for the month of September about life in Turkey. Notice I honour my commitment to the writing in the early hours of the morning despite what time Google offers. The fact is Tomic of Bernie fame is boring me on Foxtell. But I hope on my return to the big screen that hes has won his way into round two of the US Open.