Saturday March 26
Viking changed our leaving Istanbul to Sunday night rather than Monday afternoon due to recent events. As a result, our Monday boat tour of the Bosphorus was cancelled. We decided to take it on our own. The boat tour began on the European side and returned on the Asian side. We had a great history lesson. There are so many palaces. Some have become luxurious expensive hotels. Others have become museums.
We stopped to visit Kucuksu Palace where we set foot on Asian soil for the first time. We passed by Dolmabahce palace, Ciragan palace, Rumeli Fortress, Anadalu Fortress. At the end of the boat tour, we returned to the dock and continued on a bus to the top of Pierre Loti mountain (more like a big hill). Here we ate lunch with a grand view of the city spread out below. Later we descended the mountain by cable car to our waiting tour bus. Returning to our hotel we stopped at the adjacent restaurant for another complementary tea. Turks are so hospitable.
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