Our trek today took us through Istanbul (was Constantinople, now it's Istanbul NOT Constantinople....or Byzantium for that matter!). We stopped off to admire the beauty of the Hagia Sofia (see photo), The Church of the Holy Wisdom, commonly known as Hagia Sophia in English, is a former Greek Orthodox church converted to a mosque, now a museum.We had a splendid lunch at the Haci Abdullah restaurant( http://www.haciabdullah.com.tr/English/engtarih.htm) , it claims to be the oldest in Istanbul. We dared Tom to drink their "Turnip Water", he hasn't looked the same since. After gorging myself on their amazing "Almond Cake in Syrup" I knew I had to do a fair bit of exercies to walk if off, and we did - managing another impressive distance today - 222 miles in total.
We decided to camp out in the pine covered mountains, at a town called Eloren, so small that it isn't even covered in our guidebook... and can I say it was absolutely freezing, my feet haven't warmed up yet.
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