Since we arrived in Istanbul last night, we just had to decided what time we wanted to get off the ship and we choose 9:30am.
We had packed our big suitcases and left them outside our
room last night so we just needed to eat breakfast and pack our carry-on
bags. The goal was to pack our carry-ons
with our clothes for the rest of the trip.
Our Butler met us at our room and took our carry-ons off the
ship with us following. The distance
from the ship to our waiting car was probably a full block, maybe more before
we got to where our car was to pick us up.
We checked into our hotel and it was a disaster to say the
least!! Ed had researched the hotel through
a company we had used before to book small boutique hotels and hey have been
great– this was not.
While Ed researched to find a Marriott Hotel close, Barb
went out on the grungy balcony and saw 3 hotels close.
So, we walked to the first one and they were full. The referred to the second one and they had
rooms which we looked at first. The room
was perfect and the cost was reasonable.
After checking in and unpacking, we started walking towards
our meeting point for a 3-hour walking food tour.
It was probably the best food tour that we have ever
had. Just Barb and Ed with the guide.
Then it was back to the hotel and go to bed.
Night from Istanbul.
Tomorrow Barb will put captions on all of the dishes we had.
They are also out of order.
