July 3

Saturday. Slept in till 10 AM, had my breakfast and went to the bank machine. Disaster! It swallowed my card!! (whole trip now uncertain) [I had failed to take out the card before I put my money away, as I was reaching for the card, it took it back in assuming that I had forgotten it]. I called the bank from the hotel and i should get it back my Monday (inshallah)

Eventually saw the Haia Sophia - astounding - and the Blue Mosque - crowded - and Constantine's cistern - disappointing

Later I saw Argentina/Germany on a rooftop terrace overlooking the sea and then I had a nice evening with Michael, his girlfriend and her sister. We visited while we walked around town and had coffee on a different rooftop and I had my fortune read