(Wow, it's been awhile since I posted to this blog...I guess I've just been too busy. But I wanted to capture some memories from my trip to Istanbul and the blog is a good way to do that.. So if nobody reads this...no problem.)
We arrived in Istanbul! It was a pretty typical flight to Europe -- direct from SFO to Frankfurt and then a connection from there to Istanbul (which is about a 3 hour flight from Frankfurt.) I think the total flying time was about 13 hours, not including the short layover.
We had planned to take a shuttle bus from the airport to the hotel, but one of the people we were meeting up with got stuck in London. As a result, there were only four of us which meant we could fit into a taxi, sort of. We crammed our luggage in the trunk and on our laps and headed to the hotel. Almost immediately we were on a road along the Bosphorus River. I was surprised at how many large shipping boat where out there, either anchored or moving. This is a major shipping channel.
Since we arrived around 5pm, it was hot but not insanely hot. The Point Hotel is pretty nice. It's modern and European feeling. That night we saw these 4 supermodels having dinner at the hotel and they interrupted our 1st class meeting, twice. It was hilarious and a welcome interruption for a tired bunch of MBA students.
After dinner, Preston (who had already been in Istanbul for a few days staying with a friend here) took us to a restaurant up near Taksim square. We had a group of about 12 so it was hard to seat us. We had no idea what we were ordering, but it turned out to be good! We had a few beers (the local beer is Efes) and hit the sack.
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