Istanbul

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Istanbul

Friday was a nice ride through some North West Greek country side, followed by lots of motorway miles to Alexandroupolis.

On Saturday we got a really early start to do battle with the Turkish border anf the Istanbul traffic. We got the added adversity of cold rain and wet roads. It took two hours to get through Turkish and customs, for no other reason than inadequate staffing and domonstrating who is in charge.

We rode for lots of miles on the shoulder through the Istanbul motorway system, creeping somewhat faster than the traffic. The rain let up a little before we got in at about 3PM. We had a nice dinner Saturday night, and got some extra sleep Sunday morning. After a big rsin storm Sunday afternoon, the skies are clearing. We should have fine weather for most of the next week.

Tomorrow is the last of the long mile

age days for a while, as we do more sight seeing for a while.

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