After work today we went back to the Sisli Marriott Hotel and dropped our stuff off and then took the subway until Taksim Square, the famous square that means central distribution centre and where there were riots two years ago and a bunch of people died with altercations with police.
We strolled down from the square to Istikalil Street (meaning Freedom) which still had a heavy police presence with the paddy wagon going by and numberous police. This is a pedestrian street. We kept walking toward the Bosphorus River way down some steep hills we somehow missed the Canadian Consulate along the way. We came across the Galeta Tower (1400s) and went for a coffee nearby. We then went along the underside of the Galeta Bridge (an old bridge) where all the restaurants are and then walked along the river walk with the view of the Cruise Ship which we knew was parked in front of the company. It was almost dark by then and we met up with several company people.
We took a water taxi to a restaurant on the Asia side of Turkey and had a great Blue Fish meal and then a water taxi back. We saw two boats that had new engaged people on it. They project "will you marry me" on the underside of the bridge we were near and then one of the boats even had fireworks. We then took a taxi back to the hotel. It was a lovely evening out with lots of people out everywhere and lots of neighbourhoods and restaurants
Istanbul is a lovely city. Tomorrow we leave for Ankara
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