Wednesday, 29 August 2012

Riding the Bosphorus


For our final act, we caught a cruise up the Bosphorus. And, wow, there's some fancy real estate in Istanbul. In fact, it may have more high class waterfront than Sydney. Have a look at these photos and judge for yourselves ... insofar as you are able to do so. The shores are lined with palaces, and lovely homes with superb views:






There's even a rather a nice castle in the middle of all this, though I gather that many events in there were rather gruesome.


However, the Bosphorus is also a working stretch of water connecting Russia with the Mediterranean:



And it is crossed by two huge bridges:



Altogether, it was a great day out on the water:


Give it a go some time!

AS

No comments: