Bosphorus Tour

Today we sailed to Asia.  It was just a ferry ride away...and you all know that we are comfortable with ferries.  The Bosphorus Ferry Cruises set off at 10:30am – we strategically arrived early and got a good seat .  The weather was overcast and cool, so eventually our good seat lost its allure, it being on the outdoors part of the boat.  But, for the most part we sailed al frescoe.  The final stop was a small village called Anadolu Kavagi, with its ruined 14^th century Byzantine fortress , the Genoese castle.  We bought a tastey fish sandwich and walked up the hill to get a closer view of the ruins.  Doug is feeding some of the many stray dogs with his leftover cookie.

Near us on the boat were some Americans and their guide.  This has worked out often, where we listen to the explanations of other peoples' tours.  The guide told us that he had been to Turkey 9 times .

I've taken to snapping pictures of other tourists .  How much time we spend peering at our digital cameras trying to figure out what all those little icons mean!

Before we turned around to return to Istanbul, we reached the Black Sea, where Jason and the Argonauts were met with the Clashing Rocks - and I must admit, it was a bit rough sailing at that point.