Our final flight.
So arrival in Istanbul equated with the end of our Silk Road travel. It was also a shock to the system to be amongst so MANY tourists, with the usual hustle and bustle and manic ness that comes with being in a popular travel destination. Quite unique for us the last few months. Hotels galore, transport systems, fabulous food and of course European prices. We saw all the must see sights but we were unconsciously at the end of this trip and on our way home to Denmark. So a flight was booked to hamburg, and we filled the next few days with visits to great mosques, bazaars and a lovely island that you can only cycle or take horse carts around. So on the day of our departure we planned to take the trams and ferries to the airport with our president travel card, meaning we had no more local cash. Unfortunately getting on the ferry our card was 5 cents short for some reason so we couldn't get through a turn style and we had no money and it was too early to go to an exchange office. Fortunately a lovely man swiped his travel card for us and we were on our way. This guy turned out to be an Iraqi refugee waiting in Turkey to be given permission to join his brother in Melbourne, of course after finding out where we were from he wondered if we could send a letter of recommendation to the consulate to speed up his application. I'm not sure he believed us when we said we couldn't help him, but he was very nice regardless. So after the ferry ride we realised we still needed a bus to the airport and of course we had no cash for the bus and again so facilities to change money, so on the bus Svend held up a us$10 note and asked if anyone could change for us. One young man fortunately was happy to give us the local equivalent and we were all happy. I chuckle to imagine some foreigners getting on a bus in sydney with the wrong currency and getting the same service. So we were finally on our way & our great friend Flemming was happy to pick us up in Germany. We were delighted to be welcomed with such wonderful weather and unbeknown to us st that time it would continue for another 3 weeks.
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