2. 2011

Istanbul, Turkey, in June.

In June I headed to the ancient and historic city of Istanbul (formerly, Constantinople), to speak against animal experimentation at a lab animal science conference. At least the city itself would be fun... Don't miss the published story of this adventure.
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    Fascinating though the conference was (!) I nevertheless couldn't bring myself to sit through all of it, and stole away on Day 2 to revisit the Grand Bazaar, which was now open. It was a seemingly endless indoor market, which I thought was over-rated.
    It was, however, very exciting to see the Turkish delight on sale everywhere :) Some was even vegan!
    After surviving my talk, the pressure was finally off. It was time for an evening stroll once again across the Galata Bridge, which is covered every night by fisherman. Animal welfare remains at an infantile stage here.