Istanbul

October 29, 2025

After a long flight from Toronto I am now in the Istanbul airport for 10 hours before my 11 hour flight to Cape Town. Istanbul is a massive city of 15M people so I decided it was best to stay put rather than risk getting lost. The airport is beautiful but was a bit surreal on arrival. We seemed to taxi forever and once at the terminal there was a half marathon walk down some wide but uninteresting corridors. It was such a contrast from the blast to your senses once I cleared into the international area. All the high end stores are here with lots of bright lights. The only other airport that I have been in that is this ostentatious was Dubai. I found the business lounge that is quite spectacular with multiple food options and lovely showers.

A sample of what is supposed to be the oldest bread recipe in the world complete with tea light.

Cute salt and pepper shakers, I haven’t taken any at least not yet.

Really one needs a Canada Goose coat in the Middle East.

One of many chefs working in the lounge. She is making a type of Turkish bread with cheese inside.

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