The Trip Begins

Greetings,

I am writing this from the gate area at the Columbus Ohio airport, they have free wireless access here. Our group is on the move from at least 5 airports to JFK, this will be the first time that we will be together. In fact we have another member of the trip joining us in Istanbul so we will not be fully assembled until then.

We are scheduled to fly out at 6:45 this evening on Turkish Airways. We will spend the night on the plane and arrive on Friday afternoon in Istanbul. After a short bus trip around the city we get some sleep before a full day of touring on Saturday.

I we make every effort to post to this blog each day of our tour, so friends and relatives can track our progress. This blog is also automatically linked to a listserve which will forward it everyone I have on the list. If you would like to be added to the listserve or removed please let me know at wineland@kcu.edu

Remember our blog is located on the web at http://pbaturkey2007.blogspot.com

We are excited as we begin our trip it should be a great adventure.

John Wineland
Columbus, Ohio