Flight - Legs 1&2

Just getting to the end of our 11 hour flight to Frankfurt! Four of us ladies got to sit together in one row. Good thing, we are packed in here like sardines! I did manage to sleep a few hours. It seems that they were constantly feeding us. We had dinner about 6 our time and we just had breakfast at about midnight our time. I guess they are getting us ready for the time change! We will all be happy to get out of our 4' square of floor space in the plane.

End of the line on Lufthansa in Frankfurt

We are on a two hour flight to Istanbul after waiting to board in Frankfurt and they are feeding us again! They have also come by twice offering hot and cold drinks! My 2 hours of sleep in the last 24 hours is starting to catch up to me!

 

Gate B20 Frankfurt

We are arrived during a public holiday - Sacrificing Eid. Animals will be sacrificed and the meat will be given to the poor. A very holy time for Turkish Muslims. It is like American Christmas.

 

We arrived at the Eresin Hotel in the Taxim Square area of Istanbul. We are all very weary.

All of the streets in this area are "cobblestone". Our bus driver did quite a job of navigating these narrow streets. Many of the people in our group were complaining this morning about the noise in the night, but I slept like a log! So thankful that I got some sleeping pills from my doctor!

 

 

 

 

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