It's always better on holiday

 So this afternoon my dad and I went to see the newest Potter-movie. What an experience! I mean the movie was really really amazing (but I expected as much :P ). What I didn't expect was that there was just one other group of people in the full-sized theatre! Talk about a private viewing. While the room itself was rather modern, the rest of the theatre was beautifully nostalgic with movie-posters from the 40s and 50s. What surprised me the most was that there was an intermission right smack in the middle of all the action...I've never experienced that before. It was a really lovely experience, but unfortunately the volume was way too high and I came out with a nasty little headache.

Straight from there we took a tram and a metro to Taksim, the bustling business center of the metropolis. We walked down a shopping street lined with familiar names (topshop, mango etc. ). We had dinner in a lovely Italian-looking courtyard (the best chips ever, stuffed wine leaves and turkish meatballs. ahhh, I'm in food heaven). We ended up stocking up on t-shirts for 5 Lira (2,5 euro) each. I bought an over sized anchor-T, an Elvis one and one with Jimi Hendrix.

Outfit of the day: maxidress from New Yorker in Stockholm and a thrifted waistcoat

My highly employed sandals from H&M

Such a cute street musician. When I tossed him some coins the biggest smile spread on his face and the music turned into a super upbeat jig :)

A tram in taksim

Our gorgeous (and RIDICULOUSLY cheap) dinner spot.

The shopping street in Taksim. Paradise. Lined with cute cafés and restaurants. ahh.

Tomorrow we're heading out to the Princes Islands off the coast of Istanbul where the creme de la creme spend their summers. Tanning oil? check. Bikini? check. Camera? check!

Lots and lots of love, millions of dresses and happiness to you all!

xxx

Ninja

Not quite breakfast at Tiffany's

...but dinner at the bazaar. And it was amazing. Here are some snippets of our action-packed day (shopping is a heavy-duty workout. sometimes it's good to refuel with Starbucks).

at the grand bazaar

local sweets (Turkish delight etc.) at the Egyptian spice bazaar (I'm actually eating a pistachio delight right now!)

Turkish delights, or lokum as they call it here.

I've had a total of a kilo of these yummy cherries in the past day and a half

Our dinner-spot right outside the Egyptian bazaar. Gorgeous little kebab place with low seats and plenty of locals. Doing it the lonely planet way ;) 

I had a glorious lamb-kebab meal. Spicy, filling and beautiful :) I followed it by a glass of Ayran (sort of a buttermilk). So damn satisfying.

Now we're having a bit of a tv-night eating our delish delights and honey-comb!!! :)

Since I left my hair-mask at home I decided to play the kitchen beautician and use Turkish yoghurt to moisturize and pamper my hair. Fun and (hopefully) effective!

Tomorrow we'll be heading to Hagia Sofia in the am and then seeing the newest Potter-movie at a nearby cinema (eeeek!!!! :).

So far a really awesome holiday.

Thanks for reading

xxx