We left
Cameroon July 2nd and have been on the move. On the first leg of our journey, we have been
staying in Rockford, Illinois (Pete’s bro Chris), Ames, Iowa (Pete’s mom), Norfolk,
Nebraska (Pete’s sis Colleen), and Davenport, Iowa (Pete’s bro Jeff).
On our way to
America, we had a 20 hour layover in Istanbul, Turkey. It was truly amazing. We landed at 10 am and after a quick bite to
eat at a Catholic guest house, we set off to see the town. Istanbul is a beautiful, clean, organized
city that is much more of a water city than I realized. Despite the news reports of some protests, we
found it very safe with no signs of unrest.
We took a boat tour of Istanbul, the only city
in the world spanning two continents, and covered both the European side of
Istanbul and the Asian side. We can now
say we were on four different continents in two days!
After the
boat tour, we went to the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia. We even got to go into the mosque to see how
they worship.
We had a delightful dinner
with the priest who was hosting us, and after we put the kids to bed, Pete and
I strolled along the waterfront and quaint streets.
Getting up at
5 am, we headed for the airport. All of
us agreed that the 11 hour plane trip was too short because there were more
movies we wanted to watch. Traveling
sure is easy now that the kids are older.
Shopping has
been hard for me. I got teary-eyed when
I looked at all the fresh meat so nicely packaged in the meat department, and
couldn’t finish shopping at Wal-Mart when I got overwhelmed by all the choices. Otherwise, we have acclimated well and
are enjoying quality time with family and friends.
-Joy
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