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85 - Sunny City: Istanbul, Turkey Hotel: Hyatt
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Transport: Taxi - Air Bus 320 - Light Rail - Tram - Funicular - Subway
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- Events of the Day
- Changed
Budapest to Istanbul flight for earlier option (leave at 10:50 AM
instead of 4:05 PM) and required some hustle to prepare and arrive at
the airport. Once arrived, some expensive calling to State-side
United Airlines was required (3rd time changing finally worked).
- The
flight was direct on Turkish Airlines and included full lunch service
(with menu) for coach passengers. Interior was turquoise leather on
steroids - somewhat wore, too. Arrived on time and now the
learning curve for yet another transportation system.
- Connection
and transfer is not part of the Turkish transportation dictionary.
Each segment was 2 Lira for another token. Started with
very good light rail service from the airport - transfer to the tram was
another 2 Lira - transfer to the funicular at the end was another 2
Lira - and final subway route was a final 2 Lira.
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the very full tram and subway ride, the walk down to the hotel was a
relief. Checked in and enjoyed an amazing room with it's own
internal water park - from mood lighting above a free standing tub,
steam room, marble Turkish bath sink with stool, multi setting shower
with fog free mirror, and naturally, a built in TV to watch all three
BBC channels.
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for the hunt for unmarked Hall; however, our taxi driver was proud of
being able to locate. Noticed a few gentlemen with ties (all short
sleeves and no jackets) and knew we arrived correctly. It's a
combination Turkish and English meeting. In the smaller room is
the English language - if no speaker, the TV monitor is turned on and a
wireless headset with translation starts. A varied background
representing all "corners of the Earth" attended and was infused by
German background volunteers.
- Another taxi ride back to the hotel and the full day was done (was there a dinner?)
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