Well, all this talk about Turkey in November got me in the mood. No, not for a drumstick, for a trip.

I had been trying to drag my mother to Europe for like a month now. I got the days off of work, as did she. We drove up to JFK on 10/7. After about the price of a r/t J ticket in tolls, and fighting NYC traffic, we made it to JFK(Next time we're ZEDing).

We cleared up front for the flight to IST. Dinner choices went quickly, and I was stuck with butternut squash raviolli. I really like the food on DL, especially the crabcakes I had to EZE, but this meal was a rare miss.

We spent 2 days in IST. The city is beautiful. We saw the Blue Mosque, the Haiga Sophia, Dolmabache Palace, and hopped a cab across the Bosphorus to Asia for the Anatollian Fortress(and to touch Asia)(I've now only got Australia left to get to this year to complete my goal of touching every continent(except Antarctica)). Had some great food and of course a few beers since I could over there(I've got three weeks left till I turn 21).

We again cleared for J from IST-JFK. The flights were both very nice, with very good cabin service. I'd heard it's very bumpy over the Atlantic this time of year, but I didn't notice a difference from any other flights.

IST was very nice and I heard alot of people talking about going to Cappadocia. I think it should be on everyones list.