We arrived late last night and Poppy, Hugh and I were thrilled to be reunited with their Daddy! He had arrived a day earlier to indulge in a little Byzantine culture – our first trip here 24 years ago was to aid his PhD in Ancient History – but we happened to fall in love too. Istanbul is a very special place for us and I am quite surprised it’s taken us so long to get back here!
We were super excited at Manchester airport – Turkish Airlines are one of the best, if not the best airline I have ever flown on!
Poppy’s Hat – Accessorize // My hat – Accessorize
Shoes – Ancient Greek // Shorts – J.Crew (now on sale reduced from $75 to $44.99) // Top – Mango
This morning we began the day with a trip to the Grand Bazaar where Poppy became the only person I know to get something for free instead of having to barter! She is in her element here – people are SO friendly and she is chatting everyone up a storm with her pidgin Turkish!
With her gifted scarf – just for being cute!
Poppy's Style 
Oh Joanna, I can’t wait to see more of this trip! Day 1 looked great. The food is starting to make me feel very hungry and Poppy looks so chuffed with her scarf!!!
Bring on tomorrow!