Merhaba Istanbul

Arrived this afternoon in Istanbul. It's a bit strange with the time zone, it's an hour later than Israel instead of the same time zone ie I landed 150pm Istanbul, but it was 1250pm in Israel...still trying to wrap my head around it.

Another strange thing, I swear our Turkish Airlines flight was circling above Istanbul, I kept seeing the same inlets and landmarks over and over again, and then it was a long taxi to the gate.

Got to the hotel easily with my transfer, and had a low key rest of the afternoon. No sightseeing though did wander a bit nearby and found a restaurant my friend had gone to. Tried a gozleme or Turkish pancake there. It was a bit touristy as there was a lady sitting in the front making it.Lue lisää