Photo of the Week: Napping Flower Lady – Taksim Square, Istanbul
From now on, each Friday (or there about), I will share a photo with you from my little adventures.
My fathers favorite saying “The secret to good health? Taking a nap every day.”
This photo is from Istanbul, Taksim Square; Where the hustle & bustle of Istanbul is. Except for my sleeping lady in the flowers that is – uhm, no hustle or bustle there. I guess if one is going to take a nap I can’t think of a better place to do it.
And yes, I am currently in Istanbul. I’ve had more than a few inquires asking if I actually work, having only recently returned from holiday in Sri Lanka. First, I have a lot of vacation time, it’s not the American system of time off. And second, I was actually supposed to be in Germany over this time (so I had the time off) running a half-marathon. But because of an injury sustained during my Paris-London-Scotland jaunt, I had to redirect and rechannel my plans. And in all honesty, I can not think of a better rechanneling than Istanbul. And half-marathons are not going anywhere, aye.
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Little adventure? I’ll take a few of those….
Hope you heal quickly and you’re back running again!
Thanks, Wendy. I wish you could join me!
The healing had already started a few weeks ago and I was back up to 5 miles at a time (the knee/calf would not take more than that) but then a couple of days ago I woke up with THE SAME nagging pain/hurt in the exact same spot. SO FRUSTRATING. I don’t even know what to do any more.
My health tip, more wine. enjoy. – John
LOl! I wholeheartedly concur with you, John! Best tip I’ve had in a very long time!
Love this! Looking forward to more pictures and stories!
Türkiye ve istanbul için güzel görüntüler ve sözleriniz için çok teşekkür ederim 🙂
I love this picture and I am sooooooooooooooo envious!
It’s been a long time since I visited Turkey. Then it was like Greece before the tourists. Do fisherman still unload their haul directly to restaurants on the Galata Bridge?
Istanbul! Seriously envious… Hope you’ll recover soon, Tahira!
It’s on my wish list, Tahira. Hope she had lots of honest customers.
I just love adventuring with you vicariously. Your photo is so delightful. Was it truly a nap, or was she just savoring all that gorgeous loveliness around her?
I absolutely LOVE this picture! Say hi to Istanbul from me, I miss it so much!
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I LOVE this picture!
I have nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award. For details on acceptance please visit http://www.johnwhowell.com . I appreciate your posts. – John
I have a series of photos of people sleeping – I love capturing these moments – love to see people in a peaceful state!
Hope you are well soon.
Perhaps your flower lady is simply inhaling the perfume of all those fabulous flowers. It must be very heady amongst all those blooms!