Following about 25 hours of travel, we arrived at the Richmond Istanbul Hotel. We barely had time to check in before heading to a pre-arranged dinner. All 28 of us sat at a long table and enjoyed a rotating selection of meze followed by some delicious beef and chicken kebop.
After dinner we had a quick stop at an ATM, then bought water and I found a new hat in the department store below the hotel. I spent some time settling into the room, took a shower, and went to bed way later than I should have.
This morning we had a breakfast buffet on the 7th floor with this view. If I had taken the photo into the sun, you would have seen the Bosphorus. We are headed out now for a walking tour of the area. This afternoon we get some student presentations followed by a tour of the cisterns and the Hagia Sophia.
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