A Turkish bath and a walk from Europe to Asia!!

Day 2 in Istanbul was a Turkish bath and spa day. Sanjeev was quite keen and so we went along to the only bath that allows families or couples. This bath is situated right behind the Sultan Ahmed mosque and was one that the Sultan frequented a few hundred years before. Once we all got changed into our swim gear, we lay down the hamam marble slabs for 15 min. This is basically a sauna. Then we had a masseur and masseuse who scrubbed our bodies with lots of foam. The most ironic thing of all was Sanjeev has a masseur who was from Bangladesh. It was slightly hilarious that a Turkish bath had to employ a Bangladeshi as their masseur. Anyhow, I won't say that it was a truly one-of-a-kind experience. Would I do it again?No. It was okay since it came recommended. Then we walked across the bridge to Asia. Sahana was thrilled at the chance to walk across continents!!! There were many shops and we bought some Turkish delights there. We lunched at a local Turkish restaurant that had okra curry and rice for me and Sahana and then we walked upto the Galata tower which was for many years the highest tower in Istanbul. It was built by Romans and we didn't have the energy to walk up 150-200 steps. We just took a couple of pics and headed to a 1.5 hr Bosphorous cruise. It turned out to be so beautiful, calming and relaxing and we even rented an audio device that explained all the points of interest along the way.