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Flying to Istanbul
We slept the night at Heathrow so that we could check in for our flight to Istanbul at 4.30am. We slept on the ground on our therm-a-rests and in our sleeping bags! The airport was quite busy with other people sleeping over for the night as well! We caught our flight at 6am to Istanbul via Milan on Alitalia. We were served ciabatta sandwiches and …
Wedding bliss
... good views, then church part and then taxi to Golden Mile area, for wedding meal in a wonderful setting under the bridge. Lots of dancing and eating. Congratulations Emre and Eleanora! And thank you for a good night!
Sunday we took a ferry to the Asian side and had a drink with the locals looking at a small building on an island; it was a nice area, and could have easily spent more time there. Then ferry to ...
Starting Anew, Part Three: New School, New Jobs
... At the end of last year, the government lowered the age for kindergarten entrants, so some of my students were less than 4.5 years old when the school year began. I would say about half of them were under five when we started, but by this point in the year, I only have two that fall into that category. All of them are Turkish, and all of them are beginning English students.
At our school, kindergarten and pre-kindergarten (the year before) are ...
Nargileh Contemplations: Istanbul Days 3-6
... is an analyst at an investment management firm in New York, and was in Istanbul on a long layover after attending his cousin's wedding in Switzerland. Chloe, a travel agent from Australia, was on her second Euro-trip, which also includes a stop in New York for the 4th of July (could she have planned that better?) And joining the three of us, of course, was Najla, my constant companion for those two days, tonight wearing full hijab for the first time since high school. People ...
It isn't just about the destination
... Airlines sign, and the Turkish airlines passengers had to move to the left under the Pegasus airlines sign. Really? Yes it appeared so. Pete and I then watched with great amusement as other couples dealt with this. There was one elderly couple who had been on the bus with us and the husband was dispatched on three occasions to check this message and each time he returned and his wife displayed her frustration that he obviously hadn't got the response ...
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