Tarihi Galatasaray Hamami. A Turkish Bath.
Tarihi Galatasaray Hamami is over five hundred years old. I was walking in the commercial district near Galata Tower. It started raining and I saw the sign pointing off down a narrow side street. I had this on my list of places I wanted to experience. This is inside the main bath. It is quiet today. I was the only one in here. I laid on a big piece of hot marble. I was naked with a towel over my middle. The slab is very hot and I am sweating. I imagine if the place is filled with men getting a Turkish bath the slab would be covered with naked men sweating. After a bit a guy comes in and washes my body. He first dumpsy dumow bubbles from a cloth bag. Then he scrube with soap and with a hand covered in a rough wash mit. I was first rinsed here on the slab, and then a final rinse sitting by the faucet. There is a sign out front of the bath that shows in Japanese how to take a Turkish bath....