More Istanbul and on the way to Greece

While we were in Istanbul, we were thrilled with how much street food there was available. This was a fish sandwich we got for breakfast one morning right by the ferry terminal. They claimed the fish came from the Bosphorous, though we were told later that it actually is shipped in from Norway.

When we were in Istanbul, it was the end of Ramadan, so the city was packed with Turkish tourists. This is a tunnel we went through to get to the ferries. We were packed liked sardines and walking at a snail's pace through this see of people.

In order to jump off to the Greek islands, we first took a very early morning ferry from Istanbul to Bandirma. This is Leo and John in the Bandirma train station having some tea. We were supposed to take the train to Izmir, but it stopped outside the city and we had to pile into buses to get to Izmir. From there we got a good deal to take a taxi to Cesme, where we spent the night and got on another early morning ferry to the Greek island of Chios.