Nothing flashy about the Con, just a good old-fashioned pub with a pleasant water-view beer garden.
THESE days, Kadikoy is a pleasant water-side district of Istanbul, favoured by artistic types and endowed with many historic mosques, churches and synagogues.
Because his family's home was in the Nile River delta, and in order to have a convenient base for campaigns in Asia, Ramses built for himself a full-scale residence city called Per Ramessu ("House of Ramses"; biblical Raamses), which was famous for its beautiful layout, with gardens, orchards, and pleasant waters.
With its whimsical murals of animals in Central Park, Bemelmans Bar named after Ludwig Bemelman, creator of the Madeline book series–has long been one of the most pleasant watering holes in the city.
Even as the waiters and hosts are friendly and the traditional music is pleasant, your water glasses will rarely be refilled, something you order will go missing, and the busboy, completely unfamiliar with English, will be unable to help.
If it's confirmed good, then enjoy it as it will usually be very pleasant tasting water.
Few things are more pleasant than a water view while dining, especially in summertime.
The view is pleasant: the Canal St Martin, water, seagulls, art deco bridges.
Also add lily pads for pleasant small frogs; water lilies may also add to the effect.
This won't hurt him but it will help him to associate scratching that piece of furniture with a less-than-pleasant spritz of water!
