What a beautiful day in
Istanbul. The car ride in from the
airport was in sunshine and warm weather and an amazing amount of traffic! There is definitely a skill to merging lanes
and finding open space on the roads.
Our hotel is lovely. Behind that glass wall is the bedroom. I’ll need a few more hangers and power
adapters but otherwise well appointed. We
are in the business district and discovered it is rather dark and empty in the
evenings but lots of activity during the day.
The first time I heard the ‘call
to prayer’ today was a bit of a surprise.
Nowadays loud speakers broadcast the call across the city for all five
of the daily prayer times. While the
times will change throughout the year since they are calculated according to
the times of sunrise and sunset, it will be a helpful reminder of the time of
day.
The team is now all here and most
of us have finally met. After listening
to voices and looking at blue pages pictures for 3 months we are now finally
meeting in person. We enjoyed a little Turkish Tea and dinner tonight. Tomorrow is a
sight-seeing day and I look forward to starting the jet lag recovery. #ibmcsc turkey
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