Continuing our journey, we were fed these meals on the way from Athens to Istanbul,a final dose of the Greek experience which was remarkable because they identified me as a vegetarian though I didn't think I told anyone (but perhaps it is in my Expedia profile) ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010394 ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010395 and then this was my first photo in Istanbul ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010396 though this is a better welcome to the city. ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010397 We arrived at the hotel Yesil-Ev and this was our room ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010398 ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010399 and bathroom ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010400 and this antique phone while a nice touch didn't actually do anything. ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010401

Once settled, we strode out on the town taking the obligatory phone booth photo ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010402 before settling in at a restaurant where they were broadcasting the World Cup 3rd place game and so Suzanne ordered this vegetarian dish ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010403 which came with bread ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010404 to accompany our beer ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010405 and water. ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010406 After dinner we explored a bit seeing the beautiful girl with flowers in the park ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010407 and then the German fountain ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010408 and Egyptian obelisk ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010409 and the snake column ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010410 which is explained by these signs of ever increasing (photographic) clarity along the Hippodrome ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010411 ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010412 ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010413 along with the walled column which signaled the turning point ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010414 as this sign notes. ../../../Sabbat/2010/06.30-07.18.10SanDiegoSantoriniTurkey/07.10-18.10Turkey//P1010415