A MAGICAL AND COLD AN ISTANBUL PARTS

January 16, 2010.

Time 19:45.(07,45 pm)

On the Halic Bridge, waiting for time to be 20.10.(08,10 pm)

Efsun, Irmak, Selatin from Istanbul

Barbara from Crete

Irini, Hristos from Athens

And waiting for other people of Istanbul people on the bridge ....

The rain, bit by bit to intensify . Irini, closed all her face with scarf and we, too.

Our face, to face of the Golden Horn ..

waiting and expecting ...

The time was 20.10(08,10pm)....

And no move and no sound.

Just a small boat is sending 2 tiny firework to the sky on the right.

We are traying to be hot in the cold and rain night and jumping on the bridge.

We are waiting, waiting, waiting ....

Saat 20.30 .. (08,30.pm)

Irini, Hristos and Selatin no more wait and whom decided to go directly to Sultanahmet.

We do not give up

Expect and wait

the bridge to started empty …

Time 20.45 (08.45.pm)

We are speaking between us which we are WAITING to GODOT.

In the meantime, I feel that book and think what’s wonderful work ...

If explode ....

Wait ...

we decided to go and to speak that the boat which two fireworks were sent..

We saw another boat which they are giving hot turkish tee nad warm atmosphere..

We enter directly inside..

İn side crowded and full of WAITING GODOT's people

Waiter, a round does not make our tee..

Without waiting for more from the boat and go out

We are still on the bridge.

Time 21.00.(09,00.pm)

our face to face Golden Horn...

Expect ...

We are waiting.

Decided.

We will go to Sultanahmet

And take a taxi for Sultanhamet.

Sultanahmet Square, Hagia Sofya are resplendent..

Mercan Dede’s a breath music is spread to:

In Sultanahmet trees branch, Aya Sophia’s towers , in Aya Irini’s waiting pigeons wings,

And seagulls which to soaring fly on the Bosphorous ,

The leaf of the rain,

On the light, on the shadow,

İn the leaf of life to us...



Suddenly a woman whom red dresses is starting to rotate herselfs

Many white men behind ... ..

Rotating

Rotating

On the rostrum ...

we are listenig to Mercan Dede’s breath music from leaf of trees and drops of rain ...

Multiple skies became brilliant ...

Colorful ....

raining light from the sky ...

Full hill from our top ...

yellows, purples ... oranges ...

rain…

Rain ....

Giant screen at the same time Halic (Golden Horn) is seeing ...

But for us too late presence ...

We are happy to be in Sultanahmet

we dont contrite

we are under the Aya Sophia’s wings ....



show is finishing slowly slowly ..

Guests whom under the rain are diffusung slowly slowly ...

Cold ...

Rain ....

we see many chestnut and Sahlep (spotted orchid) seller..

……..

while we sup quietly to our sahlep, we are walking to Sultanahmet tram station with a temperature of chestnuts in our pockets ...



17/01/2010

Time: 08.49(a.m)

Istanbul-Efsun

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