Bosphorus Cruise

The next day we headed down to the port and off on a cruise of the Bosphorus Strait.

It started with a two hour scenic trip up towards the Black Sea.

The Bosphorus Bridge- first bridge ever to connect two continents. We had crossed over it on our way in from the airport, which was located on the Asian side.

A couple hours later we made it to our furthermost destination- Anadolu Kavagi. We hiked up to the castle for some nice views of the Black Sea. However, the kids were most interested in the rocks and dist on the ground.

After we had been up at the castle for about a half hour (and following a stray dog WWF) we started heading back down. Of course that is when Jonas, who had been playing in the dirt the entire time suddenly said, "Wait! I didn't see the Black Sea!" So he and I ran back up and I got a couple of shots of him with a Black Sea background.

While there he found some special rocks to carry all the way back down to throw in the Strait.

Relaxing in some hammocks (Eva doesn't look super relaxed however)

The boys liked spotting the "Evil Eyes" (a sort of charm for good luck) embedded in the path.

Afterward we grabbed some lunch at the port. The deep-fried mussels were the specialty. Yum, Jaxon devoured them; Jonas let his turn cold on his plate so nobody else wanted to eat it.

Evaëlle setting out on her own

Don't fall in the Bosphorus Strait. SERIOUSLY- don't fall into the Bosphorus Strait. There is a reason people don't swim in it-a major part of it these swarming jelly fish!f

After we finished with a delicious meals at Doy Doy's