exclude: true --- layout: plog title: "2024-10-09" date: 2024-10-09 exclude: true --- class: middle, center layout: true --- class: middle, center <img class="plog-picture" src="/img/plog/2024-10-09/01.jpg" /> Good sleep in my private room --- class: middle, center <img class="plog-picture" src="/img/plog/2024-10-09/02.jpg" /> And great breakfast at the rooftop terrace --- class: middle, center <img class="plog-picture" src="/img/plog/2024-10-09/03.jpg" /> I took a morning walk across the Galata bridge --- class: middle, center <img class="plog-picture" src="/img/plog/2024-10-09/04.jpg" /> Quiet from the hustle in Karaköy is easier to come by than I thought: Salt Galata library --- class: middle, center <img class="plog-picture" src="/img/plog/2024-10-09/05.jpg" /> The old bank building still has its original Ottoman Bank vaults that you can visit (and exhibitions of last century liras) --- class: middle, center <img class="plog-picture" src="/img/plog/2024-10-09/06.jpg" /> Made a friend while reading in a tiny park --- class: middle, center <img class="plog-picture" src="/img/plog/2024-10-09/07.jpg" /> Then took a cable car up to Pierre Loti hill --- class: middle, center <img class="plog-picture" src="/img/plog/2024-10-09/08.jpg" /> Around golden hour --- class: middle, center <img class="plog-picture" src="/img/plog/2024-10-09/09.jpg" /> Walking back down on a long cemetery road --- class: middle, center <img class="plog-picture" src="/img/plog/2024-10-09/10.jpg" /> At the hostel, I met Bram 🇧🇪, Lucas🇧🇪 and Monika 🇺🇸 and we decided to get a drink at Taksim square --- class: middle, center <img class="plog-picture" src="/img/plog/2024-10-09/11.jpg" /> At Yuri Gagarin bar, 1 turns into 4 plus a meet & greet with resident dog Laika