Today's adventure: a Bosphorus cruise! That sounds fancier than it was...we took the ferry north up the Bosphorus Strait to the little fishing village at the point where it meets the Black Sea, ate lunch (fish sandwiches for the others, roasted eggplant and bread for me) and explored a ruined castle at the top of a hill (excellent lookout point for bad guys coming in from the Black Sea), and then took the ferry back to central Istanbul. All told, it took about 5 hours and was time very well spent. (I love little adventures like finding this castle - when the ferry landed, the other tourists began hiking up a hill, so we followed them. Castle at the top! Victory!)
Here's the four of us at the top of the hill - there was a conveniently placed cafe right below the ruins where we stopped for a cup of cay (c makes a "ch" sound and changes the vowel after it from a short vowel to a long vowel - say it out loud, and you'll understand why "cay" is Turkish for "tea"!).
Another great day! Tomorrow is our last day in Istanbul (frowny face), so we have a lot we want to see before we leave!
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