Last Day in Istanbul!

What a wonderful last day!! Just fabulous!

It started with a late wake up... well that was the plan at least. I was up at 6:30 am and read until the 9am alarm. Almost finished my second book!

Once Feni and I were done breakfast we headed to the post office... she needed to send some closes to Italy. It was so cheap to send her 10 kg package for $50 for 15 day delivery! Crazy!!

We then met up with two of our tour-mates who had an extra day and we headed down for a Bosphorus cruise. It was a perfect storm for sea sickness... We arrived 20 minutes early to ensure we got seat on the right side to be able to see everything, there were boats coming and going so the waves were up and down and back and forth, and we were stoppped near three fish bread restaurants (think nasty fish smell). Talk about Bleck! I'm so glad I stuck it out because there were completely spectacular views but the biggest surprise was how close the Istanbul Modern museum was the port. From the map it looks so far...

So as soon as we landed, we split up because I was the only one keen to visit the contemporary art museum. It was so amazing... great art. This is one of my fav pieces.

From there I hunted all over the neighbourhood for a Turkish bath that did not suck. TripAdvisor was pretty harsh on all the ones in my neighbourhood... So I ended up going to the one in the hotel. It was nice to be super clean and shake off all the sunscreen. That was followed by a rest back in the room before we all met up at 8pm for an amazing dinner.

An American tourist we met in a souvenir shop recommended this place that you must have a reservation... he recommended you show up, act really nice, and react sadly when they say everything is reserved and sometimes they will squeeze people in.

We headed now and ask after a table while they all had reserved signs. She said no they were all reserved... Feni said I made the saddest face. At that time the chef and owner walked by... he explained that they don't have any of the Turkish food listed on the menu on the outside. We said, that's great we will eat what you have.

OMG! It was SO SO SO delicious. We decided to try everything. We appetizer we shared two different dishes, asparagus, smoked salmon, cheese and dill and the large scallops. We ordered each a main and when they came, we divided in four portions, we ate one and then switched. We ordered the cherry duck, orange sea bass, lemon salmon, and the amazing-est dish, octopus risotto! For dessert, we shared two desserts... we had the signature dessert of frozen cheesecake and coconut ice with chocolate and strawberries! Delicious!!

Now off to bed and starting the long trek home tomorrow!

 

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