Turkey

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Day 1: We arrive Istanbul, and take a train and tram into the city center from the airport. We wonder around in circles trying to find our hotel using s collection of maps and Joe’s Turkish, and eventually realize that the tram dropped us off much much closer to the hotel than we had expected. Bags away, and we see Big Blue and Big Red. We get dinner down near the Serkisi train station, and see the Whirling Dervishes at the train station that night. The lack of sleep causes Joe’s head to tip similar to that of the Dervishes, but Robin gets many great pix and movies. The show is really excellent, and convinces us to scrap our planned visit to Konya, where we learn the Dervish show is only offered on Saturday nights.

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