Istanbul and the Blue

Today I took three delightful young American women to Ortakoy by bus.  They are currently working as summer camp counsellors with the younger children and I wanted to show them some alternative ways to travel in to town, and places where they can buy personal stuff, groceries, etc as well as gifts at the Sunday craft market, have sth to eat and take them on the one hour Bosphorus cruise that I so love to do (and did last Sunday with Robin and Patti). The weather was magnificent - but it is very tiring to be active in, so once home at 15.15 and showered, I have hardly moved for the rest of the day.  Thiis suits Nohut the cat currently in my care very well as she loves company.