We arrived into the city via the metro/light rail. Public transport is unbelievably easy here. The language however is not. It took a while to get our bearings on the city but once we did (relatively), we were so proud of ourselves. The city is slightly hilly going down towards the water, which is everywhere: The Bosphorous straight on one side and the Marmara Sea on the other. Our first day we took a boat along the Bosphorous between the European and Asian side, as directed to by many traveler friends. The warm breeze combined with the view of the city and all the bridges from the boat made it undeniable that we had arrived in Turkey. The Turkish flag flies everywhere and there are a lot of mosques, towers and minarets. The boat turned around
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