Bosphorus

After years of reading about Byzantum, after years of dreaming about Turkish delight, Hugo and Denis are finally going to cross the Bosphorus.

... .  It came down in buckets this morning. The old wall of Constantanople (me/Sonja) Museum of Islamic and Turkish Art Bosphorus cruise Galata Bridge Hamam Chora Church (mom) The Chora Church was a little gem of mosaics from ...

... !  This brought us directly to the other side of the street and right along the Strait.   We immediately boarded a "Bosphorus Cruise Ship" berthed right at the pier next to several other ones.  This touristic boat had two decks for us ...

... .  We also have brief notes from several boats who travelled this coast in 2009. I think we should be fine. May30 The Bosphorus is a narrow strait in which a considerable current flows from the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, at times up to 4-5 ...

... makes Istanbul another reason why it's so unique. We passed by various landmarks such as Rumeli Hisari, Yenikoy, and the Bosphorus Bridge - the bridge that connects the two continents, Europe and Asia. The Ortakoy Mosque was sadly under renovation, so ...

... trip on a tourist boat. It's a good trip. Istanbul on either side rising on the hills up from the Bosphorus. Some very expensive waterside houses, some fishing ports, Besiktas football stadium, 2 massive suspension bridges and lots of Mosques. The ...

... in the world.  After WWI and the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, the Western Powers wanted to place the Bosphorus under international jurisdiction.  The successful military campaigns of Ataturk put an end to that imperial design as well as ...

... . We got off and made the trek up the hill to see the very ruined castle the overlooks the entry from the Black Sea into Bosphorus - at least partly for the exercise! The view from the top was great! And there was a good economics lesson to be had as ...

... about most weekends, discovering new parts of town and looking at historic buildings.  On one such Saturday, we decided to take a Bosphorus boat tour.  We'd taken a "short" one back in November, but this time we opted for the whole shebang: all ...