Ill start my first post on the trip with my transit to turkey. Given that i have three long haul flights on this trip, i opted to take business class (using points in case anyone was wondering) assuming that the lounges would be pleasing, the flights would be more bearable and i would have less wait time. I would have to say that turkish airlines did indeed disappoint. Obviously, new york is not a major hub for them, considering they do not have a lounge of thier own, but rather, they borrowed the lounge of thier fellow star alliance-er, korean air. I was pretty hoping for some hot foods like swiss air had offered me a year ago, but i was let down ...instead i got cheese and crackers. No lunch for ty today.
I am now on the turkish plane sitting in seat 2A.....
I guess turkish airlines has not yet adopted the pod-style type of seating. Not that i am squished up to my nieighbour, but in the next nine hours, i would have preferred some privacy instead.
...Ooooohhh i just got offered 85% dark chocolate from. Godiva. Yum.
Anyway, as i was saying ...this plane lacks privacy. But i guess i shouldn't be complaining, i do get a comfy bed to lie on during this trip :) 9 hours of full service, a comfy bed and good (airplane) food.
2 hrs later....
Ok, so now its about two hours into the flight and i have finished dinner (nothing really worth mentioning). What IS worth mentioning though is the fact that i am an idiot. So beside the seat is this side pocket where you can store random stuff, like your devices and what not, so i put the ipad there along with my camera and "time out" turkey book. When i was ready to relax and go to bed, i started to push the button that turns the seat into a bed. Half way there, the stupid thing stops. So i think to myself "wtf?"...so i keep pressing it repeatedly with no sucesss. Then i look down, and the thing stopping my seat from lying back is the ipad....i try to get it out, but its wedged in tight. I release the seat, pulll up the ipad and it seemed fine...til i looked at the cable attached, that is completely bend backwards.......
I can just hear coleman saying "you retard!!" ...sigh.
10 hours later....
So that brings me to my first adventure in istanbul. I asked the front desk where there is an apple store, she tells me there are two, one hard to get to, and the other, super hard to get to. I chose the first one. I ventured out into the city and after some confusion, one tram and two buses later, i make it to what seems like a very nice mall, i walk round and round and could not find an apple store...until i found a store that says "authorized reseller -apple"...i walk in excited to have finally made it and asked the guy for the cable...he walks to the shelf rumages thru the inventory then turns to me to say "sorry, i do not have". The words W-T-F went through my head at this point and he directed me to other phone stores. Did you know that ipod cables cost $40 cad in turkey? I decided that it really wasnt worth it to pay that much for an authentic one, so i went ahead and bought one from a random electronic shop for only $20 cad...-____- ...$20 for an ipod cable.....lesson learned, never, ever, force ur airplane seat to go down further than it can. The good news is that i can continue to listen to music, watch movies and most importantly, blog on my trip. Lol
So far, everyone in turkey have been super kind and friendly. Everyone i have asked for directions have attempted to help me find my destination (being accurate with their directions is another story). I am really liking the people here so far and cant wait to meet even more.
Location:Turkish airlines - TK002
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