Exploits in Istanbul 4.1
Having done our tourist duty at the Blue Mosque (very big and very splendid), we plotted a way of getting ferries and buses to a couple of places up the Bosphorus we wanted to see. Over to Üsküdar by ferry, bus up the Asian side for a few kilometres to Çengelköy in time to discover a truly wonderful place for lunch.
Right by the water’s edge with a view across to the other side, everyone brought their own food from nearby shops and ordered tea, or in our case ayran (lassi-like drink, very good). There were groups of girls with huge chocolate cakes, families with doners, elderly couples with glasses of tea. A totally perfect place to wait for the next ferry across the water and watch…
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