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OK - so this was last night |
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empty pool area |
Today is the halfway point of our cruise, which means it
is when some passengers disembark and some embark. Our 20 day cruise is made up
of 2 10 day segments. Sadly, today is when we say goodbye to Ron and Deanna.
This is the first time we have been on vacation with friends and I have to say
I would do it again in a hear beat. We didn’t spend much time with them in the
daylight hours (just by chance) which meant we always had something to talk about
over dinner.
We decided to have a lazy day on the ship – we were the
only ones at the pool in the morning, but come noon when new passengers began
to arrive it was busy.
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on our way to dinner |
After another safety drill, we set off to spend one last
evening with Ron and Deanna in Sultanahmet the old part of Istanbul. We had
dinner of İskender kebap and smoked the shisha water pipes. I have to admit the
İskender kebap was a bit of a disappointment, but the company and atmosphere made
it delightful. Today being the second of 3 days holiday after Ramadan means
that the streets of Istanbul are thronging with people. I suppose the holiday
could have nothing to do with the hordes of people, but wow – I don’t remember
the streets being nearly as packed with people as they were this evening. There were points on the sidewalk
next to the cable car route that it was a shuffle-shuffle situation. A woman
behind us got hit at one point – I don’t think she got hurt, but hit is hit.
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Deanna doesn't look too impressed does she? |
1 comment:
It's been fun following along your first leg of the cruise looking forward to your next one. You all look sort of funny smoking that hookah pipe ...are sure that is tobacco :-)
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