Farewell Athens, Hello Istanbul

We left Athens today, actually 2 full days and we were ready for new horizons, and then a short 90 minute flight to Istanbul. Istanbul Airport is very spread out and far from the city and it took us 3 hours from disembarking to reach our accommodation by public transport. On arrival at 6pm it turned out that unfortunately our accommodation had shut down (a new owner and renovations) but luckily a neighbour that we met had a spare room which we grabbed.
There is regular call to prayer broadcast from the main Mosque with other Mosques competing too, duelling banjos with an accompanying chant would be a close approximation, the whole of Istanbul is covered!
Luckily booking.com were able to help and we have found even better accommodation for tomorrow.Read more