This is what one half of our living room looks like on a daily basis, now J has his own train set. If I hadn't taken this at nap time, there would probably be a small boy in the photo saying hopefully "Mummy build train track. Daddy build train track [pause] please."
And there's also a fan running as well because we're well into Istanbul summer here (despite the crazy hail storm the other day) so it's rather hot and humid. And even though I could probably turn it off right now, S has gone to sleep with the sound of the fan acting as white noise so now I don't dare turn it off for a bit in case he wakes up.
On the far left side, you can see our net curtains billowing slightly from the open window - everyone in this area has net curtains of some kind. The street we're on is a narrow one way street, so it's rather easy to look straight across into the windows of the flats opposite without them - and for them to look straight into your flat.
Daily life in Istanbul on a sleepy Saturday afternoon!
