"'There has to come a point when it stops being about anything, when it just is, ' George tells me, as we climb up the steep, picturesque Yeni arsi Caddesi towards the main drag that leads from Galatasaray to Taksim Square." Istanbul is the location for an unlikely--though often imagined--encounter between a younger and an older self. It triggers memories, of course, but more than that it prompts a reflection on what it means to love, what it means...