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Wednesday, 19th March (3-rd day)

This night one more hour should become shorter. Thus I put the alarm clock on 5 o'clock – however, in parallel the hotel-internal Weckservice also clapped. Because we had already packed everything ready with trip (we lived from the suitcase), we did not need a lot of time up to "Check-out" and then could have breakfast comfortably and extensively. The tip is entitled that alternatively instead of the less tasteful coffee also tea than morning drink would have been available. But into the bargain cooked eggs from the Stone Age – this was not my case.

As usual – on time – which stows away the suitcases, the team was entire and ready to trip. In the horizon the morning sun rose – against the predictions – then the weather forecast spoke, actually, of rain. From Bursa the journey went in the direction of north, on the country road 130 in the direction of Kocaeli – even if the driver had light orientation problems (we turned since on a country road and then turned consistently in the direction of Istanbul to the highway O.33). There should already also be GPS machines probably here, but our tour guide referred that the driver already knows the distance. However, it should not be confirmed subsequently completely so (in Istanbul we also completely came out where differently than was planned). Here a burning vehicle on the countertrack – after a little while still a tipped over bus overtaken us also immediately in the middle stripe. Not be especially good the driving arts of the Türkensoll – the accident figures relatively high. Thus country roads are built similarly to highway to reach a decrease of the accident figures. In Gemlik the Marmara sea appeared for the first time. Shortly after 8 o'clock we reached the ferry – which. As the first "Hizli Ferbot Sehir Merkezi" – call up – wrong ferry – go on – some kilometers farther to the east of Yalova, where an other Fährverbindung where our ferry was already ready to leave. With sunshine, but stronger wind we reached after 30 minutes of crossing the north coast with Darica. Determines 100 kms of savings the Fährverbindung brought linkedly with time profit. The highway O.4 (E.80) brought us fast to Istanbul – a highway liable to fees.

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Against 9:30 we crossed the Bosporus. The tour guide explained that the daily objective is simply accessible – the intended route should be along Küstenstrasse, however, thus the Kennedy Caddesi, reached the historical center from the west. The fact that a day is for Istanbul extremely a little, was clear to us – there remained only time to visit the most important places of interest. We will carry out surely later "only" Istanbul trip in addition which are offered especially from Germany often cheap. Our tour guide cleverly in whom he has offered the guided tour in turned order to us managed the starting point new now of the guided tour.

Thus we began with the German well to the Hippodrom, the Hagia Sophia visited the sultan Ahmet Camii (blue mosque) and linking up. Because the time was already progressed, we crossed only the Topkapi Sarayi to take the midday meal time in the " Konyali of restaurant “ on the 4-th court. The lunch in the palace was the absolute racer again: Employ – bread rolls – Dönerfleisch and vegetables in different variations by showing select - ready Döner conceive – pay drink – to the cash desk (only drink). Just! - Hold! – Hand In everything wrong - Döner again!! We were introduced by mistake in the 1-star category. However, we should have a star more. Quick everything left the already received and lie. We were introduced in the restaurant – the first impression – oh well already better. But also this was deceptive. Now we received same – not on bread roll, but on plate served. One of the guests meant, it is so cold, as if it could come directly from the just returned bread rolls. Nobody ventured in addition a comment. Entitled our tour guide also thought that he is not separated without reason for the meals from the team around at the distant "domestic's table" his food with the motorist to take. Thus there was no contact to make known his displeasure. Indeed, I expected a little more original Turkish kitchen – I could have eaten the Mitropa-Abverpflegung in the self-service style in europisierten taste also in different German Turkish restaurants in German towns. As said – the tone does the music – and he was convincing for me. But – as said – with favorable prices one may not attach the expectations very much high. A comparison would be still permitted: To a Thailand tour we could eat typically for land for regional prices (for Thais), thus unreasonably cheap and typically for land more tastefully than in every restaurant / hotel during the tour – this was a remaining experience after many years. What there was at the hotels, I could already remember few days ago no more.

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Linking up free sightseeing of historical places was announced. Unfortunately, I had no description of these places of interest with. We waited to find maybe a German-speaking or English-speaking travel team which had for it even a tour guide to the explanation. Unfortunately – except Japanese and Russians nobody ran to us above the way. Thus we went disoriented like the whole team somewhere and in to have seen something without explanation. The journey led we linking up to the new mosque where we had at disposal 45 minutes for a stroll by the historical spice bazaar. Because I have already seen many oriental bazaars, I think that he belongs rather to the little ones. Also the Andrang expected from me, trade and pulsating business lives missed I. Possibly we were maybe present at an unfavorable time – I tried for myself to the explanation (?).

16:15 wanted to fish where certainly hundred anglers her dinner in the Refik Saydam Caddesi to **** Grand Hotel HALIC – departure to the hotel – past a complex of buildings intended to the demolition – about the Atatürk Köprüsü. As soon as first – test whether WLAN lies close. The room had full reception. I need spitzes – but this only later. Because we had richly time, we used the time for a town stroll. We went to the Okcu Musa Caddesi – in the first lamp business we found the wall lamps which we searched to our cover candlestick in the bay window of the sitting room. We traded the price fast up to pain border towards the excellent price down, favors above others that we needed immediately two pieces. (This was Rabat of more than 20% of the price). They got the second lamp apparently from another business. We did not recognize there yet that the whole shops of this street and their side streets existed only of lamp dealings and a little other electric equipment dealings. Because the time reached now no more, we visited the Galanta tower located in immediate nearness not, but purchased 2.5 l of coke to be able to dilute our evening drink and purchased some postcards to inform our native country about our travel urge. In none of the postcard dealings there were stamps – they referred to a post about 500 m away. Because we renounced this detour and it also was already shortly before 18 o'clock, we renounced this and purchased in the souvenir shop of the hotel the brands – against 25% of purveyance surcharge. What was left to us then differently. In the dinner (18:30-22 clock) there was nothing to complain – richly, tastefully, warm and cold food. Only the wine was rather expensive. In the room arrived I decorated fast a mail greetings card with photo from Today and sent them in my friends, friends and to some colleague. In the evening sky with discreet town lighting I still did some photos with the illuminated Fatih mosque, the Süleymann-mosque and the Valens-Aquadukt.