Polat

... a few days and travel to Istanbul to provide training to the local staff in Turkey. Again, an amazing hotel. The Marriott Renaissance Polat Hotel is a modern highrise hotel. My room was on the 24th or 25th floor and it overlooked the Bosphorus - I can ...

... ;sokakta oyun oynarlar.   Yeşilyurt Sevgi Yolu, Ordu Cd ve Gökdere Caddesinin kesiştiği yerden Polat Caddesinin aşağısına kadar giden Ant Caddesi'ne Birahaneler Sokağı da denmektedir, ki kesinlikle ...

... from the USA, a couple from England, and another family from Melbourne, who didn't make it to formal night. Our new waiting team (Polat and Salim) was great, and we had the same sommelier (Albert) who is friendly and fun. The food was again superb, so ...

... slowly.  Massive rigs, fully loaded, were passing us like we were standing still on the steep grades. At one point, Polat, our guide, was holding the steering wheel while Burc checked out various gauges, issues, etc... while talking on the ...

... from our Alaskan cruise.  Tonight, the meal was great, with Crepe Suzette for dessert, made by Validmir, the Assistant Matitre D'.  Polat, our waiter, asked Kate how she liked the crepes, to which she enthusiastically replied that she loved them - he ...

... , and young!  The town has lots of ex-pats ballooning its population. Re: our tour van and its woes.  Poor Burc and Polat were up until 5 am dealing with the van.  Turns out the diesel filter was fried, cost $3500 US to repair the ...

... Franciso and us.  Interesting mix.  We also (finally) met our tour guide for the rest of the land tour (his name is Polat) and our driver (Burc).  We loaded up on the mini-bus and set off first for Pigeon Valley near Uchisar - and as the ...

... Franciso and us.  Interesting mix.  We also (finally) met our tour guide for the rest of the land tour (his name is Polat) and our driver (Burc).  We loaded up on the mini-bus and set off first for Pigeon Valley near Uchisar.  Spent a ...

... our bus to descend into Erzurum for an early morning walk of the old town centre. Our very modern hotel (the Polat Renaissance) was perched high above the city. Sweeping views over this regional centre & its broad valley. ...

My only train ride in Turkey, this 15-hour stretch of the Dogu Express (Eastern Express) was selected for its justifiably beautiful scenery. It left about an hour late at 1am and arrived around 2 hours late. Lots of disgusted muttering about the ...

Once landed in Turkey, my co-worker and I walked out the airport and waited for our shuttle at the stop.  Only then we realized the sign shown no shuttle available from 11 till 2.  Strangely the gentlemen I spoke over the phone prior stepping ...

We decide in th emorning to try one alternate route through some lower passes in the mountains. It is still very cold with 3-5C and after 20km it starts drizzling and snowing again. There is no point being in fog and bad weather in mountains and we turn ...

My first trip, for my new job, was to Antalya Turkey. This was my training trip, and Chris was my 'mentor'. We left for London on Saturday night, February 24th, 2007. First class on a 777, my first 777 ride. I slept most of the way. In London, the ...