For some viewers these pictures will be too hazy, but remember, it was on an early December morning, with lots of vapour in the air. And on some pictures the distance is considerable.

We have just left Eminönü for a ride to Kadiköy on the Asian side of the Bosporus. You see the Galata Tower, hallmark of the Northern part of town, originally known as "The Tower of Christ" and built by the Genuese in the 14th century.