Snow in Istanbul

Real snow! I looked out the window yesterday morning and - joy! - snow! :)
No trip by boat along the Bosphorus then. :(
So off to Kadikoy - by boat :) - to look for a jacket. (Again. I never give up.) No jacket on the anatolean side. Huriser found some nice trousers, though. So back to the european side and Eminönü, close to the Galata bridge. By boat. Always sitting in the small bar having a coffee warming up the tummıes and the freezing cold fingers. :)
From one shopowner ın Karakoy sent with best greetings to the other until finally I found my jacket! Red. Goretex (they say). A nice brand name on the front (which they say is just to show off). I bargained a bit and got it cheaper (still too much, I guess). But now Huriser got the coat back she had lent me all these cold and wet days, and I'm wearing my own. :) :)
The proof of the pudding is in the eating, and the proof of the rain jacket in keeping the rain off. It did. So far.
Talking about puddıng: Being in Karakoy anyway we decided to have some börek and baklava in THE place to go and have them: 'Güllüoglu'. Ahhhh! Delicious!
So now you know what to do when in Istanbul. No, don't buy a jacket if you don't need one. (Well, I saw some lovely ones! Maybe you should buy one after all!) No, go to Karaköy and have some baklava! Or two! And bring some back to Germany and me, wıll you! :)