One night in Istanbul just wasn’t enough, but goodbye for now.
A crazy taxi ride along the waterfront to catch our flight at the Istanbul Atatürk airport and then onward to three days in Düsseldorf, Germany.
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| The flag of Turkey |
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| The waterfront roadway decorated with flags |
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| Ruins of the walls that surround Istanbul |
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| Map of the train lines |
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| Riding the rails |
Remember, when in Germany, “ß” sounds like two S’s.
Example: Street = Straß, but sounds like “Strass”
That’s what they call a ligature.
Düsseldorfairport to the DüsseldorfStadtbahn trains (line U70) to DüsseldorfHauptbahnhof (train station), leaving the train station on foot, looking
for the City Apart Hotel,
lost under the overcast sky, we passed a taxi stand.
“Taxi. Klasterstraß?”
The directions came in English, “That way, left, right, and right, and
there you are.”
“Ah! Thank you! Dankeschoen!” we bid the taxi hacks and carried on.
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| The view from our room at the City Apart Hotel |
After checking in with the tourist center en route, the agent behind the counter was kind enough to clue us in
on one of the local specialties, “Alt.”
Beer.
She gave us a map of the area and pointed out at least five breweries on the area’s walking
tour.
Mostly a recovery day, we found our hotel and spent twenty two hours
sleeping to overcome the jetlag and everything else Europe had to throw at us.
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