Day 1, since October 10th countries out of No flight, no return home and min 24 hrs in each country. The opinions expressed on this site are my own, and do not reflect the position or policies of the Danish Red Cross. Is Georgia European? We will get into that.
Well first I had to get to Georgia. And without flying that is a heck of a job from Israel! So across the Mediterranean Sea we went and when the ship finally reached Istanbul I hit the ground running.
I had my bags packed and I was ready to leave the ship early in the morning. However you cannot do much about immigration and customs procedures so I had to wait for the agent who did not collect me until 1pm. That hurt a bit as I had been scanning the internet for busses to Tbilisi in Georgia and I had found that they typically leave Istanbul at 1pm and 3pm.
And I was not keen on losing a night in Istanbul no matter how wonderful the city is. I was however hoping to meet up with my friend Percin Imrek for coffee but he was out of town. Percin however directed me to Esenler main bus station.
Once the agent got me out of the port I was quickly on a bus which got me to a metro which got me to Esenler. Then the fun beganβ¦. I might just quickly say that I have very fond memories of Istanbul. Almost exactly a year ago my sister Trine explored Istanbul together with me.
