Day 2

Saturday and early Sunday were spent mainly in planes and transit lounges..... over 30 hours traveling..... but arrived in Istanbul via Singapore where I met up with the rest of the group about 7-30am. 
Straight out for our first tour to the St Sophia Museum which had been built as a mosque during the 6th Century.  What a spectacular building built of brick; over 80 metres long and 55 metres high. 
Then a welcome and relaxing cruise on the Bosphorus which separated the two halves of Istanbul.  It is a narrow straight which connects the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea with half of Istanbul in Europe and half in Asia.   A sea food lunch and then to the hotel at last.  Dinner and bed.   Tomorrow is to be a walking day... Looking forward to that?!!