Our second day in Istanbul was much less tiring than the first. After a late breakfast on the ship, we took the tram to the Grand Bazaar. Following a Rick Steves walking tour, we navigated around the mazelike building, stopping at some of the shops to pick up some gifts for the friends we will meet in Italy and family we will meet in Australia. After a quick coffee break, we continued our walk out of the bazaar, down the hill, through a mosque, and into the spice market. We ate a really good pastrami-like sandwich from a deli called Namli Sarkuteri outside of the spice market. (It was probably the best pastrami-like sandwich I’ve ever eaten. I wish we had bought two!) Finally, we headed back to the ship. We bought an hour of WiFi from a place outside the cruise port, but sadly didn’t have enough time to post these blog entries before all-aboard time.