Rob is now officially sitting on top of the hill at the ripe old age of 25, sorry to say, but life just goes downhill from here.  Just kidding. So how does one celebrate a 25th birthday in Istanbul with no money?  Easy… pretend like you have it and worry about it after.  As soon as we had any sort of excuse to blow cash we did.  Let’s break it down:

Ice cream (we had about 5 cones each yesterday) = 15 TL

XL pizza from Upper Crust (with bacon) = 30.50 TL

Chocolate Cake from a fancy bakery in Taksim = 19 TL

Beers at an overly priced bar = 20 TL

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Themed shots at Rock Bar (where they played Kung Fu Fighting) = 25 TL

Gozleme (Turkish Pancakes) = 7.50 TL

Transportation = 15 TL (approx.)

Total Damage = 132 TL (once again this is just an approximation as I’m quite confident I’ve forgotten something).  This could’ve bought us groceries for nearly 2 weeks.

Happy Birthday Rob!

Rob and his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shots