at sea and then back to Istanbul
August 29, 2008
Back into the Bosphorus Strait, looking out to the Black Sea at dawn
We arrived back in Istanbul in the morning of the 29th, As soon as we went into the Bosphorus Strait, the sailing was smooth,
We visited the Islamic art museum and the Spice Market, then went to Ortakoy for lunch. The mosque there was very beautiful. After lunch we went back to the hotel.
For dinner it was the last one for the tour group, and we drove in traffic for almost 30 minutes to go maybe a mille to the dock right next to the Dolmabahce Palace and boarded a boat to our restaurant. The restaurant was right under the Bosphorus Bridge on the Asian side. We saw our ship pass by with the next tour group and waved at them just like we waved from the ship last week when we started our cruise.
Dinner was good and we then were driven back to the hotel, over the Bosphorus Bridge.
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