Re: Cigarbox Mandos on Elderly
Originally Posted by
billkilpatrick
forget it - too silly ...
istanbul, if you go there, is a fabulous city. cross the bosphorus and walk up to the galata tower - you'll find an entire street filled with shops selling musical instruments - just fabulous.
Not sure I'll be in Istanbul while I'm out there (I'll be in the southern part of the country), but that does sound like a cool market. Part of me wants to get an oud or a Greek zouk while I'm there, but getting it back to the US would be expensive, painful, and distressing.
"When I heard what Socrates had done on the lyre, I wished indeed even [I had done] that...but certainly I labored hard in letters!" - Cicero, "Cato the Elder on Old Age"
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