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Constantinople: First impressions, Galata, walls, towers and bazaars

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Having rested before lunch, I decided to visit the Turkish bath. We again crossed the pier, and almost on the very shore of it we found one of the best baths in the city: it was built probably to belong to the times of the Greek Empire. This is a truly magnificent building, the vaults and walls are lined with multi-colored marble, the rooms are large and high. I will try to describe all the famous luxury of the eastern baths, because where could they be better if not in Constantinople5? I was first led into a spacious square hall, where I was separated: here they dry clothes and there is an overseer with bathhouse attendants to serve those who come to wash. When I undressed, they gave me a towel to gird myself with, and wooden shoes to go to the bathhouse; then they led me down a narrow, warm corridor. We found ourselves in a vast room, heated by hidden stoves, where water for the bath was ready, and on the sides there were very calm offices. In the middle of the room, opposite its dome, the floor is raised and covered with cloth, on which they laid me. 'Then I began to sweat heavily, and the bathhouse attendant came in between the two, almost naked except for his belt. He, as you say, began to adjust my body, according to the direction of the muscles, carefully wiped the pores, so that all the members became more flexible, and when he began to bend my joints, all the bones began to crunch. He started this with the big toes and ankles at the feet, and went through the toes, toes, lower back and ribs; then he began to twist my neck; he turned me with my back up, bent my hands onto my back, rested his head between my shoulders, in a word, I thought that he had broken me into pieces. Having finished this wrangling, he began to rub my body with a slan mitten, which, like the shearing of the ancients, wiped off all the dirt from me. After this, he led me into the office, where I found pipes for fragrant smoking and a basin with taps for hot and cold water. When the bathhouse attendant came back, he brought some soap and a sponge in a wooden bowl, wiped me with it from head to toe, and doused me with quite hot water several times. Finally, they gave me soft food and heated sheets, wrapped me in them and took me back to the first room, where they prepared a bed, on which I soon fell asleep. When I woke up, after a light and pleasant sleep, they handed me a pipe and a cup of coffee: that was the end of the whole affair, and I have never felt fresher and more relaxed as after this opera; and for all this I paid ten tastres, which is three rubles between our money and the small one.