Here is gallery 3/4. We arrived in Istanbul mid-day and after a long and sweaty cab ride to the hotel (the driver relied on Google maps which kept telling him to go down pedestrian-only streets). Crystal, being the superb trip planner that she is had arranged a cruise on the Bosphorus1 in our own private yacht. Having dinner on the boat while we sailed up and down the Bosphorus was a real treat – we even got to see dolphins playing in front of the boat though it was too dark and precarious to get any pictures.
Crystal on the Bosphorus
Kai looking snazzy in his dress shirt.
A Turkish flag catching the setting sun.
Water birds skimming over the Bosphorus
Crystal and Nora on the cruise
Crystal catches the setting sun
Water front mosque on the Bosphorus
Waterfront mosque and buildings
Kai on the Bosphorus cruise
Crystal on the cruise
It was a warm day but the temperature dropped pretty sharply on the water and even more so after the sun went down.
Nothing much to see or do. Time to check snapchat
White marble mosque at dusk on the Bosphorus
White marble mosque at dusk on the Bosphorus
Bosphorus hillside after dark
Passing by the old city fortifications on the Bosphorus cruise
Istanbul at night.
It got downright cold.
Kai takes advantage of the blankets the crew offered.
Fabulous!