Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Istanbul
I can't help feeling that God was against this holiday in istanbul. First off
two days before I left there was a big bomb in Istanbull. They didn't hit the tourist
areas. Since we get bombs in London and flaming cars going into Glasgow airport, it
didn't make much difference.
There seemed to be many other problems that seemed designed to stop me. As I got
on the bus to go to the railway station, some kind spat on me by mistake. At the railway station they sold me a ticket to Newton instead of Luton. I didn't look at the ticket until I nearly got on the train. The bus driver from Luton to Luton airport didn't know the route. The people on the bus had to tell one time he was
going the wrong way,
I flew from Luton via Easyjet. One hour into the journey, the pilot reported that one
passenger didn't have anough oxgyen to make it to Istanbul, so we had to turn back to Luton. I was all for letting the guy take his chances, but company rules are
company rules.
So instead of getting to Istanbul at 16:00 I was there at 19:00. I missed my ride
to the hotel. So I got a shuttle with another company. They dropped me at the wrong hotel (with a similar name). Luckily it was close to te hotel I was meant to be at.
To top it all, there was no minibar in the room. Just en empty fridge.
So when I meet the devil in hell after some big bombing, he will no doubt say
"we did try to warn you off, but you missed the omens. We don't want your whining
in hell."
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