In just over a week we will all be heading back to Britain, to visit friends and family that haven’t seen Anna in almost nine months! We are breaking our journey to the UK by staying overnight in Istanbul, in the hope that this will allow Anna to get some proper rest and fingers crossed she will feel less grumpy on the last leg of the flight.
We still need to do all the obvious things like packing, sorting out things for the kind friend who is flat and cat sitting for us, but also things like checking the average temperatures in Istanbul for this time of year. Leaving Kazakhstan is easy – thick fur winter coat, hat, scarf, gloves and winter boots. Britain is normally relatively easy to pack for – t-shirts backed up with jumpers or shirts. However we don’t yet know what to expect in Turkey. I’ll be looking forward to wearing my comfy old trainers that are actually as wide as my feet. The winter boots were the best fit we could find over here, and stability on ice trumps slight discomfort from squashed feet! Anyway, I’m off to check a few sources for those temperatures, and check what clothing we need to set aside for the day and night in Turkey.
Feb 03 2010
February 6th, 2010 1:28 am
Man, that security in Ataturk airport is insane. The line to go to the US or UK is just redic. You will see, haha you will see.
February 7th, 2010 7:40 pm
Think they had something like that the last time I went through, but previously it was a breeze. Last time there was a long queue of veiled people, and I was late for a flight. As no one was organized or even approaching the desk to get processed, I was terribly un-English, barged my way to the front Kazakh-style, and zipped through. Probably waved my UK passport as some sort of “I’m British, not dodgy, now let me through”. Like to say I feel ashamed, but I caught my flight, so I didn’t worry too much 🙂