Bucharest- Day 1 Walking Tour of the Old Town The hotel has a great breakfast buffet…so let’s just say I ate a lot.The morning starts cooler (17 C) but I know the temperature will be rising to 25 C, so I dress in layers.We go to our first walking tour called Old Town and Parliament. Although we walked around the Old Town yesterday, I still learn a lot and see a …
Israel to Bucharest, RomaniaOff to the Airport If you read yesterdays blog you will know that we booked a taxi to the airport where the driver told us that “God willing” he would be outside our apartment at 5:55am for our 6:00am pick-up time. God or the driver was a little late as he arrived at 6:05am and we quickly made it to the airport on the empty roads.We have …
Istanbul to Haifa, IsraelArrival in Israel3am comes early. Too earlyBy 3:35 we are in a cab heading towards SAW International Airport. It takes us 45 minutes speeding and without traffic to get to the airport..It is warm and sunny when we arrive in Tel Aviv at 9:00am.Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv is well organized. Unfortunately you cannot say the same for the car rental process. First of all …
Istanbul Day 3Hagia Sophia We are up and out shortly after 8am in order to have a better placement in line for the 9am opening of the Hagia Sophia Mosque. Getting there st 8:30am the line really snakes around the square in front of the mosque and is hundreds of people long and continues to expand quickly behind us. It starts to move ever so slowly at 9am.Due to renovations, …