Our departure from Antalya was a little tricky this morning. Rotary had arranged for an airport shuttle for us, but hadn't confirmed with terminal we were departing from. We arrived at the airport, made it through the first check in, then realized we were at the international terminal and needed to be at the domestic terminal (which wasn't connected). We asked around to try to figure out which direction to head.
Next we flagged down taxis and headed off to the next terminal, we arrived at (unfortunately) International Terminal 2. We'd learned from our mistake the first time and Erin ran off to confirm with airport personnel that we were in fact in the right place....we weren't. So, back in the taxi and headed off again. Third time was a charm and we made it to the right location.
After a brief delay, we took off and landed in Istanbul an hour after our scheduled arrival time. Matt, Erin, Dave, and I are all checked into our hotel. We have an amazing view from their rooftop lounge of the blue mosque and the Bosphorus (picture to come later).
We were going to hit the grand bizarre, but it is closed today, so off to go mosque hopping. Once we'd made it through the baggage claim, Erin kept saying that she felt like she was forgetting something...it was because our 4 week team had gone from 5 to 3.
Vivian leaves in less than an hour for London and Sarah leaves around 4pm to head to Izmir. So we said goodbye to them at the airport. More from Istanbul later.
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Katy, thank you for the update - so glad everyone is together. I tracked Matt's flights Friday/Sat morning. Have fun and be safe. Can't wait to see you all back at "the Fort".
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