Welcome from west central Florida. Do you see people smoking a pipe every once in a while there in Istanbul, or is it a rare sighting? A couple of days ago, I went to go pick up some Chinese food and had to wait a little bit so I got out of the car to smoke my pipe. Some guy was in his pickup truck a little ways from me smoking one too when he saw me he immediately started waving lo,l the camaraderie was right there. Gotta love it !