We had a 3:00am wake-up this morning to catch our 4:15am shuttle to the airport. Needless to say, it was a short night!
Once we were through security, we found the Priority Lounge and had some breakfast and relaxed before getting to the gate for our 7:20 flight - which was late departing. I think there is a trend here! ANYWAY, after 3-1/2 hours flying we were back in Istanbul in time for lunch! We went to the Priority Lounge and Tobey ordered chicken (cooked while he waited) and some yummy noodles in a mushroom sauce. Fruit and a small dessert rounded out the meal. It was much busier than the last time we were there - probably because it was noon. We headed to our gate for the 2:20pm flight back to Denver ... guess what? It was also late departing! We opted to stay awake the entire 12hour, 50 minute flight in hopes of reducing our jetlag, and I think it did help. We watched lots of movies and I read part of the time. Of course, we arrived late to Denver, but we breezed through customs and had to wait for luggage, so we missed the earlier shuttle we hoped to catch by 10 minutes. We hung out until our reserved time of 7:50, and Groome was late - arriving after 8:00pm ... Theme for the day. We finally arrived back in Fort Collins about 9:15 and our friend, Wendy, picked us up and took us home.
We did a quick unpacking and were off to bed around 10:00pm. Needless to say, we both slept pretty well after being up over 24 hours.
I want to share a few more pictures, facts, and impressions of our trip, but it will take me a couple days. In the meantime, to quote Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, "there's no place like home!"
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