Istanbul, Turkey

Overnight bus from Thessaloniki to Istanbul - arrived very early (6:00am) and had to hang around whilst waiting to check into our Air Bnb. Tried the Turkish tea and ate some meat pie.

Steven enjoyed many types of coffee (pistachio or Kurdish coffee and Dibek). Steven was not happy the Kurdish coffee was caffein free.

We really enjoyed the Islak burgers (wet burgers) in Taksim Square.

Mosques and call to prayer across the city. We visited the Süleymaniye Cami, Taksim Camii and Sultanahmet Camii (Blue mosque).

Bosphorus river cruise - Whirling dervishes, belly dancing, Georgian dancing and strange food. We both got very drunk and somehow managed to wander home after having a dance ourselves. Amy definitely woke up feeling very poorly and not ready for a 7 hour bus journey to Ankara.

We nearly missed our bus as we got dropped off at the wrong bus station and had to get to another station with our bags about 15 minutes away. Luckily the bus was waiting for us but we only realised after buying tickets for the following bus later that morning.Read more