Up the Bosphorous

On Tuesday we walked from our hotel all the way to the Golden Horn, the river that separates the two parts of Istanbul in Europe. We went to the spice bazaar where they were selling slugs. Did we buy any? You'll have to wait and see!




They were setting up around the mosque to film a James Bond movie, Skyfall. That will be fun to see.
Then we boarded a boat and cruised up the Bosphorous, the water that leads from the Sea Marmara to the Black Sea. There are beautiful large homes on the banks, but the general effect is thatIstanbul extends almost to the Black Sea now.
We stopped for lunch in a village where we could hike up to an old castle. You can see the Black Sea behind me.



We had lunch at a terrace restaurant looking down at the Bosphorous back toward Istanbul. You can see some skyscrapers in the distance part of this enormous city.



From this terrace we could see some dolphins playing in the water, and they played very close to our boat on the way back.
That night we had dinner on top of one of the tallest high-rises in Istanbul from which the view was absolutely magical. After having walked around much of the city it was really fun to look at it from above and put together all the pieces.



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