WEDNESDAY 20th JUNE 2012
After a day and night sailing in windy and moderate seas through the
Sea of Marmara we entered the Bosporus and berthed in Istanbul to a bright
sunny but windy day. The temperature was a cool 24 degrees and it was good to
get away from the stifling heat of Egypt.
Istanbul is built mainly on the Asian side of the Bosporus Straits and
is a big cosmopolitan and bussling city. It is an amazing city with a mixture
of old and new, clean and very easy to get around and one which you would want
to come back to. As we had seen the major attractions of Istanbul on our last
cruise, our land excursion only took us by shuttle bus to the Grand Bazaar and
surrounds which we missed last time. This was an unbelievable sight to see, literally
hundreds of small shops selling everything you could think of. We walked the
walk for a couple of hours, did some bargaining and intensive shopping and then
shuttled back to the ship for an early departure.
It was good to visit Istanbul again as it is must see city in this
region.
Tomorrow we visit Anzac Cove for Scenic Cruising before making our way
to Athens.
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