A Day in Our Travel Life - 1/25/09

Spending the night in the Amman, Jordan airport was surprisingly not at all that bad. We found cushioned seats that we could lay out on, it was a pleasant temp. in the airport, and we could put our stuff between our chairs/bed and the wall for safety.     -Craig

We are currently on our way to Istanbul, Turkey! Finally a place in Europe. We are so excited!     -Jennifer

We met a very nice guy and girl from a university in Indiana that were coming from Baghdad where they had been working to setup academic programs. They are brave souls!     -Jennifer

They gave us first hand info. about the progress that Iraq has made as a result of the U.S. being there. Good job George Bush! Our conversation was interrupted by a Turkish-looking fellow telling me to ” move to the other seat ” and that my “American accent” was making him “nervous” and that “that is why everyone hates Americans”.     -Craig

….we tried to get $$$ at an HSBC atm and were turned down repeatedly until we finally tried successfully to pull out euro’s instead of Turkish lira. So stupid! Hate! Hate! Hate! HSBC!     -Craig

We followed the cobblestone streets through the very quaint area of town past old walls and city ruins, past nice shops with nice smiling faces, and through the many parks with monuments reminding us we were standing where Constantine founded Constantinople.     -Jennifer

We walked between the Aya Sofia and Blue Mosque and wandered up and down old cobbled streets until we found a cheap-enough hostel for the night. Got some spaghetti, ate it, settled in for the night.     -Craig