The ship was late leaving Canakkele, left about 0200 hrs on the 26th April. This meant we were late getting into Istanbul, we didn't dock until 1000hrs.
The first view of Istanbul
More Istanbul
Getting closer
Docking
A Roman Aquifer
An impressive mosque
The sultans tomb (Suleman)
The spire on top of his tomb
The palace gardens
Tulips, Turkey's nation flower
The grill behind which the sultan hid listening to the assembly
The chamber where issues were discussed.
The gate into the sacred treasures
Closer to the gate
AN early cistern.
More of the gardens
The entry spires.
The palace exit to the gardens.
I did not go into the treasury to see the jewel as I was quite tired, and a kindly carpet man helped me into taksi back to the ship.
I chilled out for the remainder of the afternoon missing the blue mosque and the Hagia Sophia.
We had a presentation and a ball that night, we stayed for the presentation, and acknowledgements. Then left. Dame Malvena Major sang, but it wasn't, like the earlier times
The son of the last Turk soldier holding an Australian flag, with the daughter of the last remaining widow of a Gallipoli solider holding a Turkish flag, embrace an walk through the ship together.
night fall over Istanbul
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