Tomorrow morning it is off to Istanbul we go. Way too early tomorrow morning, but nothing doing. (Flight LH3001 and LH3342 - I knew you all wanted to know! LH3351 and 3022 back next Sat.) I’m pretty much packed; number of books to bring is as always a problem but I settle for four or perhaps five. Yes, I’d better make it five.

The cats are with Stina & Anders. They hate the transport extremely (no, the cats, not S&A!) but once they were let out of their cages they were happy again.

We bought a guide book; we want to go up the Bosphorus, and we’re going to Termal to visit the hot springs and the hammam, and I predict that we’ll be eating lots and lots of very good food. Mmm.

(Six books. Just in case I fall ill and have to spend a couple of days in Nat’s flat…)