My Trip to Asia!

We had breakfast on the terrace again this morning.  It was quite beautiful, as usual.  We had another late start this morning because we were having trouble making up our minds about where we should visit.  We finally decided to visit the Asian side of Istanbul, since I had never been to Asia before.  We hopped on a ferry, which was a beautiful ride over to the other side of the Bosphorus:

We were a bit confused once we got off of the ferry, but we found a beautiful mosque built by the great architect Sinan.

We wanted to go to the highest point in Istanbul so we wandered around for quite some time, up a long hill...

It was in the wrong direction, so we had to go back down the long hill.  We were tired at the end, so we stopped in a small cafe at the bottom.  There, we figured out how to get to our destination.
We took a taxi to Camlica Hill, the highest hill in Istanbul.  These are some pictures from the view:

We took a taxi back to the ferry station (For those of you who don't know, driving in Istanbul is all about defying death, driving on the wrong side of the road and just being a fool in general):

Funny antennae on the car (Advertisement for a turkish cell phone provider)

Once we got back to the other side of the Bosphorus (the European side) we ate some fish at the Bosphorus bridge.  Our waiter was extremely obnoxious (again) and picked up my Dad's expensive camera gear without asking and waved it around.  Here I am eating:

After we finished eating.  I ate grilled bream (a type of fish) and my dad had two beers.  Typical.  After eating, we made our way to the Galata Tower, which is this very old tower near Galata Bridge.  We rode an elevator to the top of the tower and it was completely full of people.  I always get nervous in high places, so I was freaking out a bit as I was jostled at the top of the tower.  However, my Dad took some very nice pictures!

After leaving the Galatan Tower, we visited the Grand Bazaar again:

After the Bazaar, my Dad went to take pictures of the mosque at night during the Friday Ramadan celebration, and I ate dinner on the terrace of the hotel.  Here are some of the pictures he took:

That was the end of our last day in Istanbul!