Once we reached Spice Bazaar, I decided, this time I WILL do some shopping. The Spice Bazaar is also know as the Egyptian Bazaar and is one of the oldest bazaars in the city. The famous stuff here are Turkish Delights, dried fruits, Pashmina shawls, Turkish upholstery, T-shirts, Turkish tea, other Turkish ornaments and of course, spices! I bought some shawls for myself, family & office-mates, my husband bought some Turkish Delights while others bought T-shirts as souvenirs. After shopping, which took longer than expected due to numerous bargainings for good price, we just strolled around the area, took photos of beautiful mosques nearby and also flocks of birds which my children found fascinating. They helped to feed some as well.
The next interesting place for our visit was Taksim Square. It is a major shopping, tourist and leisure district famed for its restaurants, shops and hotels and is considered the heart of modern Istanbul. Here, we went shopping again! My husband fell in love with a winter clothing shop which offered unbelievable discount prices for good quality winter coats, which he bought 2 pieces, and was indeed a good buy. We spent a considerable amount of time here too until the tour guide wondered and asked us how we were going to bring home all these stuff we bought! Well, we explained that we travel light, such that we have enough luggage space to fill up with shopping stuff when we return. Made sense :)
After shopping, we had a late lunch at another shopping spot, Cevahir Mall, but this time purely for lunch, enough of shopping for now...
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