Turkey - Day 3

From Istanbul

Jamie and I were flying out this evening, so we had another day to kill in Istanbul.  We had seen and done pretty much everything that we really wanted to and it was raining, so we decided to find a movie theater and catch a flick.  Remember, there are no movie theaters in Saudi, so seeing a movie is a treat. 

We made our way across town using the fabulous public transportation system (we really do miss that) and found a great mall.  We had hoped to see the new Lincoln Lawyer movie but we missed it by 10 minutes and opted for Little Red Riding Hood instead.  It was decent enough.  Great theater though.

We caught a shuttle to the airport when we got back to our hostel, flew a quick 55 minute flight Izmir, but were stumped about how to get to our hostel in Selcuk.  We knew it was about an hour drive, but we really didn’t know how to get there.  We found some wonderful information about public busses that go to Selcuk, but we couldn’t find the actual bus.  Instead, I stumbled on a private but operated by our airline, Atlasjet, and they offered a FREE shuttle to Selcuk.  It is now my favorite airline.

The bus dropped us off in the middle of the city.  We must have looked confused because a nice guy offered to help us find our way.  He took us to his friends restaurant until we called our hostel and they picked us up. Very good luck and very nice people.

We arrived at Atilla’s Getaway Hostel a little after 9:30 at night and tucked in for the night.  Long day tomorrow touring Ephesus.