4 October ’04, Monday. We have a busy day ahead, so we were up early this morning. Last night we both pulled down our small suitcases and re-packed into one. At just after 9am we were shutting the door to “Bumble Bee” and heading across the overpass on foot to find a cab to the airport. Bonnie and Doug are to arrive at 10:20 this morning, and after meeting with them, we will head off to our pension. Upon arriving at the airport our cab driver let us out at the entrance…it just seems to follow us…the wrong entrance. So we had to lug our suitcase and other bags up and over, down and around, and finally after a little haggling we made it to the “International Arrival” area. Going to the board that shows all the flights coming in, we were “surprised ???” to say the least, that their flight wasn’t shown. Now what is this all about? There was an information desk close by, so I went over to find out just what the problem was. No problem, it is just that the flight doesn’t arrive until 2:20…. Well now, here we are, all dressed for the party and no were to go…. So we settled in for a little quite time at the airport. Time did go by pretty fast, so it wasn’t long before we saw them walk through the security gates looking great. It is great to have them join us. After a few minutes of catching up we grabbed a cab and headed off to our pension…”Angel’s Home Hotel”. Not having been there before, although we had seen the web page, we were happy to see that all the information that we had prior was just as it is in reality. Our host is very helpful and our room is extremely nice. We are located in a location that is close to more than half of all the places we want to visit, so we will be able to walk instead of cabbing. You might guess, but the first thing we did was walk through one of the bazaars and then find a place for a nice quiet dinner.
Tomorrow….Enjoying Istanbul
Tomorrow….Enjoying Istanbul