Friday in istanbul

Again, i was lazy, have not posted for some days bu the end of my trip is comming close and i enjoy my time in Istanbul... I will fly home soon for the winter. A lot of skiing, time with my family and friends but next year, i will resume my journey. The rest of the trip will be up in the next days and some of my winter time too probably.



So back to Istanbul, more than a month ago. All i can remember from that friday is the evening, a welcome back party for one of Istanbul's couch surfing ambassadors. Before going to that nice party, i finally meet my host and get to chat a little with her. She tells me i should not expect to much from a flat, from a job or from anything in turkey as a matter of fact. Writing this, almost a month later, i realize why she thinks so about turkey...
She is a funny girl and we have a good time and laugh as we head to the party. Most present couch surfers are Turkish men. A bit later, i meet two guys, Davin from Zahir and Nicolas from Austria. There are both already quite drunk and having a very good time. But, there are not enough girls around and the music is pretty shitty, will i agree on that last point but it is mostly the first one that is driving Davin. He drags his mate out and start talking about Turkish women :) Or more accurately about the Turkish men, who wont let their woman go with foreigners, he says they are jealous of his success and carefully keep all their women under their protection. It is a pleasure to speak with him and i have to smile a lot, both at what he says and the way he sais it, with such conviction and such a strong accent :) I however soon will realize that he is much closer to reality than what i would have imagined. Nicolas also understands French quit well so we go on talking in French, a language less people would understand on the streets...
We try to get into Babylon where Sayag Jazz machine is playing but it is already sold out... I was really looking forward to that concert and i am a bit disappointed, never mind i have my two new friends to joke around with. As i talk with Nicolas, i first realize he is from Vienna, then that he know IDA, Lena's club and that he played there. But wait a minute, he starts looking familiar now, and he is! He is the dude from scrape goat i talked with at the end of the concert there, about 6 month ago! Small small world... While i was traveling around, he got married to a Turkish women and is now living in Istanbul. i have a great night with those two crazy fellows and when we get into Riddim, a big hip-hop and rnb club, i cant help making fun of the people in disguises around and their fake attitude... seems like we are in an MTV movie clip. Nicolas leaves us and we soon catch a cab home too.