August is going to be spent in London, but that was originally supposed to be Istanbul. I’ve always wanted to see Istanbul and despite the deteriorating situation there I decided to pull the trigger. So today I took the 90 minute flight down there. Despite the fact that there was nearly a coup the weekend prior everything seemed to be business as usual. Since it was Friday I still had work to do so I went and had lunch across from my hotel at the Beymen Braserie. After that I just walked around and checked out the particular neighborhood that I was staying in. In the evening I went to a rooftop bar, Gaja Roof, to watch the sun go down and have a drink before calling it a night.