{"id":93,"date":"2011-06-28T22:40:17","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T05:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leebarnsley.com\/trips\/?p=93"},"modified":"2011-06-28T22:40:17","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T05:40:17","slug":"goodbye-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leebarnsley.com\/trips\/?p=93","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we had only a few hours left in Istanbul before our flight to Barcelona. We finally ate at one of the little kebap shops that are everywhere – just in time, too! It’s too bad we didn’t try them earlier. We also wrapped up our shopping – ceramic cat for Cielo, domino set for Eero, t-shirt for me, and earrings (purchased secretly by me) for Alison.<\/p>\n

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After that, it was back to the apartment (which was a great setup – kids’ room, parents’ room, living room, dining room and kitchen, all tiny but functional) to get our bags and catch a cab to the surprisingly-far-away new Istanbul airport. It was about and hour in the cab and 110 Turkish Iira for the ride.<\/p>\n

On the Spanair flight, we found that instead of a great, price-included meal, we had to buy every little thing, even soft drinks (2.5 euros). But the flight was only about half full and passed quickly, and we were in Barcelona. <\/p>\n

The apartment we’re renting here is actually owned by the same people who rented us the Istanbul place, and is also a multiple-small-room deal, with a kitchen and laundry facilities. We went out about 9pm to get some dinner and had a great meal one block away – I had a truffle cream fettucine dish that was very good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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