The sides of the Bosphorus and the final morning - Thursday 5th October / Friday 6th October

 A slow start!

We woke up still rather full from the food tour, and having had a nice lie in - a rarity for us! 

We had a leisurely breakfast and then made our way towards the Bosphorus. An area famous for fish sandwiches, and the main bridge covered in hundreds of fisherman, getting fish only a few inches long. 

We boked a boat tour to take us up and doen the Bosphorus but only setting foot on the boat at dock, I could tell that I was not going to last 2 hours on the choppy sea. Instead I found myself a nice cafe, and read a book with some Turkish Tea whilst Ben sailed up and down. 



The other side


We crossed the bridge, walked past many a shop - the Turks really love their desserts!

To get to the main highstreet, we took a tunnel tram up the hill. It cost us about 30p, but was well worth it. 







At the top, they have a tram that goes up and down the highstreet in the middle of the road. We had a good wander up and down, then started to head home. 

It took us about 1hr 30 minutes to walk home and we had our largest day of steps yet! It was quite warm too! 

In the evening we found a nice little restaurant in the backdtreets behind the hagia sophia and had a lovely final meal. 





The final morning

We had a big idea to go to the grand bazaar again, but didn't quite get enough time. Instead we headed to the baklava place recommended by Gonca to get some walnut baklava and some pistachio-marshmallow turkish delight. 

We walked back to the hotel a slightly different way, in order to get some final sights in before our taci back to the airport. 

That concluded our 79,000 steps in five days. The airport was very easy and the macdonalds was very welcome after a week of kebabs! 

Would we go back?

No... but only because we've nothing left to see. Woul;d we recommend it? Definitely! It was a great trip. Definitely do the food tour in your first or second day - it will make the rest of your trip better.

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