Thursday. Istanbul.

Yesterday evening in the restaurant,following my complaint of the night before, we were well looked after even the maitre d' slending time at our table to make sure we were happier with the food. Of course we were the menu was back to being excellent. Last night's show in rhe theatre was billed as 'Magic,mirth and musical - comedy show'. Lets just say it was musical and leave it at that sshall we?! This morning we have been in Istanbul. The Palaces and Mosques are spectacular and in general the good folk of the city friendly. Interestiing fact: 16 million people live here! Taxi drivers on the other hand are like many all over the world and ripped us off at every turn.... ah well I guess they need to make a living. The most frustrating thing for me has been the inability to coomunicate well as we speak no.Turkish and altough they profess to speak Enhlish they really dont understand. Tomorrow we are at sea all day so i shall mostly be reading and eating.... ><><><><><><><><><> Today's photo prompt is 'man-made'. A pic of the ship could have sufficed here but I have added one of the view of Istanbul showing the Topkapi Palace and blue mosque - man made and incredible.