cats, creepers and carbs

Day Three

Jet lag kicked in around 6:30 this morning, both of us were wide awake so we decided to just start the day early. We got down to the water from Shannon's around 8:30 just in time to make the island boat that brought us to the barrier islands located in the sea of Marmara. It was almost a two hour trip, the island we wanted to go to was of course the last stop, but the view made up for it. We choose the largest island called Buyukada mainly just cause it was the biggest. Once we got there we wandered along the waterfront until we came along a lovely beech view lunch restaurant. We enjoyed many dishes and also finally tried some Turkish coffee... not my favorite though after the second cup it started to grow on you. Cats in Istanbul are everywhere and the island was no exception. We had a swarm around the table looking for scraps. The island had no cars so everything was delivered by horse drawn carriages, not something you see everyday. Linnie bought some flower head thing that she proceeded to wear all day, we both had large cups of gelato and enjoyed the island atmosphere and sun. We noticed a creepy dude staring at us most of the boat ride home and we moved cabins but he always popped up. After we left the boat we dodged him finally having to cross the street and run up some stairs. We then wandered around downtown looking at shops and searching for a restaurant to grab drinks and a bite to eat. Nothing was jumping out at us. About to give up after feeling overwhelmed by restaurant workers trying to get us inside, we grabbed a Simit and tried one last street. A nice looking restaurant called Kabap. We got a great little table out on the deck over looking the Bosphorus Straight and got six or seven appetizers from humus to Turkish cheese to lamb and a whole lot of warmed flat bread also along with a few more Efes. Now full and happy we are relaxing in the apartment watching the boats go by planning what we will do on our last day.