A Final Frolic in Istanbul
It’s always so sad to leave Tanzania… so to ease the transition back to the real world we decided to take a few day jaunt in Istanbul. We landed at about noon and headed to baggage claim only to find that there were hardly any bags that came out, and ours was definitely not two of them. We went to the baggage office and left with not a lot of optimism that we would get the bags back, let alone get them before we left Turkey. That’ll make you think twice about what to put in your carryon! But the show must go on and we found our driver who brought us to the hotel. We stayed right near Gatala tower, which is in the historic city but a little far from where Hagia Sophia is. The airport is about an hour away from the old city, which was surprising. Also the weather was not great- and the forecast said rain nonstop basically til we left. So we were a little nervous about what was to come. A few observations about Turkey- Everyone smokes! Literally cigarette smoking everywhe...