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) and then this was my first photo in Istanbul though this is a better welcome to the city. We arrived at the hotel Yesil-Ev and this was our room and bathroom and this antique phone while a nice touch didn't actually do anything.

Once settled, we strode out on the town taking the obligatory phone booth photo before settling in at a restaurant where they were broadcasting the World Cup 3rd place game and so Suzanne ordered this vegetarian dish which came with bread to accompany our beer and water. After dinner we explored a bit seeing the beautiful girl with flowers in the park and then the German fountain and Egyptian obelisk and the snake column which is explained by these signs of ever increasing (photographic) clarity along the Hippodrome along with the walled column which signaled the turning point as this sign notes.