Istanbul and Mitilini

Hello from Greece! Yesterday we took a tour of Istanbul and went to some interesting places. They were correct that some of the toilets are a hole in the ground. We didnt use that one:) But got some good photos. We went from place to place on a large tour bus and driving in Istanbul is scary to say the least. I think we almost hit close to 50 people on the street. I asked the tour guide if there were many traffic accidents and she said not really, hard to believe. She said that people follow this rule.....Who ever has more courage has the right of way...scary...Once back from the tour we saw a beautiful brown bag sitting in front of our door! Jody's bag just in time. We then had to report with out life vests to the Muster Staion. It was packed and we sat in chairs, soon a woman with a cane hit Jody's foot and asked if the elderly could sit down. We obviously stood right up:) Then we were laughing on the way to the lifeboat and some woman yelled at me and told me this was serious....I said, YES IT IS! and told Jody to shut it up. A side note. NO ONE WORKS IN TURKEY...or Greece. There are thousands of people in the streets. Today we were in Mitilini (Lesbos) and went to this rocky beach. The water is freezing but refreshing. After realizing that not 1 person speaks english we bought out Ouzo (42% alcohol) and headed back to the ship. I had some great pink grapefruit and Campari sorbet (mom you would love). Jody had Creme Brulee icecream..yummy! Everyone for some reason thinks we are from England not sure if that is good or bad, Santorini tomorrow and we here you can rent ATV's for the day. That will be interesting. Sorry this is random but I am typing fast for this is .95 cents a min. We love and miss you all. Peace.