On September 16th, 2011, BYE-BYE ISTANBUL…

  travel

Istanbul mosque out the back window of the taxi on the way to Ataturk Airport

…my kindly taxi driver said as I took a few last pictures of the city from the back seat of his cab on the way to Ataturk Airport and Amsterdam, after another long day up and down the cobblestone streets of Beyoğlu and Karaköy – more biennial, more Ficcin, more running into art-worldy friends on the streets, more SALT Beyoğlu, more hothouse, and goodbye to the garden, where I know it is in good hands.