A trip up the Bosporus

There were a lot of interesting little villages on the shore - mostly on the European shore. (As you all know, the Bosporus separates Asia from Europe) Whenever we would pass something like this:

everyone would move to that side of the boat. I was always worried it would tip over. You always read about those ferries capsizing.

But we didn't. Here we are, getting off the boat in Andalu Kavagi:

And we wandered around the town for a while.

This was the best thing we saw, and we came back later:

and then we walked up to an acient castle on the hill. They call it "The Genoese Castle" but I could find no proof of that provenance.


It was quite a place.