The Archeological Museum
The skeleton - check it out, you can still see the organs
The Island
The Island
Us at dinner, the man and women are Turksih friends of Mayanks
Fish on fire at the table
Fish on fire at the table
Removing the salt shell
Bosphorous Bridge by night
We awoke just in time to catch breakfast this morning - again at our luxurious hotel! We then went to the archaeological museum - it was raining today, so quite a good day for it! We saw a skeleton and all his organs where all shrivelled up. We learnt about Byzantine architecture - how it took on it's own form with a Christian theme, different from the ancient world art and we learnt about the Ottoman empire. Some of the artifacts where from the 4th century BC and you could touch them (not supposed to though) and these where not bowls etc but big massive chambers, statues etc. For dinner we met up with Mayanks friend again and went to Istanbul's best restaurant, it is an Island about 1/2km from the mainland. It is called Galatasaray Island, owned by the Galatasaray football team (i think this is how it's spelt, not too sure). Whilst we where there, the coach came and the camera crew where filming him. We had beautiful food, it is a fish restaurant, so we had some type of Mediterranean fish. Whilst we where there, a big group of people ordered this fish that is baked in a salk shell, brought the the table, set on fire then the salt is chipped off - Ive never seen anything like it. The restaurant had a good view of the Bosphourous bridge - it gets lit up at night. A nice end to a long holiday, tomorrow morning we head home on the 9am flight.
Bosphorous Bridge by night
We awoke just in time to catch breakfast this morning - again at our luxurious hotel! We then went to the archaeological museum - it was raining today, so quite a good day for it! We saw a skeleton and all his organs where all shrivelled up. We learnt about Byzantine architecture - how it took on it's own form with a Christian theme, different from the ancient world art and we learnt about the Ottoman empire. Some of the artifacts where from the 4th century BC and you could touch them (not supposed to though) and these where not bowls etc but big massive chambers, statues etc. For dinner we met up with Mayanks friend again and went to Istanbul's best restaurant, it is an Island about 1/2km from the mainland. It is called Galatasaray Island, owned by the Galatasaray football team (i think this is how it's spelt, not too sure). Whilst we where there, the coach came and the camera crew where filming him. We had beautiful food, it is a fish restaurant, so we had some type of Mediterranean fish. Whilst we where there, a big group of people ordered this fish that is baked in a salk shell, brought the the table, set on fire then the salt is chipped off - Ive never seen anything like it. The restaurant had a good view of the Bosphourous bridge - it gets lit up at night. A nice end to a long holiday, tomorrow morning we head home on the 9am flight. 
