After leaving the hotel, we headed towards a fishing neighborhood of Istanbul I don't remember the name of. We had lunch at Aquarius restaurant which was obviously a seafood restaurant. One of the first items they served us was mussels. When inspecting the plate, I noticed all of the mussel shells were closed, but was informed by a classmate that they were stuffed.
After lunch, we got on a private boat for a cruise of the Bosphorus. The boat was way oversized for our group of 23 (about the size of the Island Queen). We got to see Istanbul from the river which was gorgeous and relaxing.
Then began our journey to Athens. Travel in Turkey is complicated, everything is congested. When we first arrived at the airport, we had to send all our luggage through a scanner. The we had to get into a line for checking in. After we received our boarding passes, we got in a line to get into a line for immigration, followed by security again. The entire process easily took an hour and a half. Then, at the gate we were very casually summoned to a bus that took us to our plane that didn't take off for at least a half hour. The flight and arrival in Athens was uneventful.
Our hotel is a little old and apparently they allow smoking almost everywhere. They do not have wireless in the rooms as we had hoped, but the lobby is spacious. We can see the Acropolis from our terrace, which is gorgeous at night.
Ok good night for now!
Photos: at the Bosphorus, on the boat selfie, view from our terrace
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