Thank you, I knew you'd come through for me!

After talking with the Father-in-law and the wife, it's now looking like we may stay in Norway one extra day to see Oslo (the rest of our time will be in smaller cities where relatives/ancestors live/come from) so the trip will be reduced to Tuesday-Friday, with us arriving Tuesday evening and heading straight to the airport Friday morning. But I figure Tuesday night, Wednesday, and Thursday should still be a good visit, especially for someone normally used to day trips. I would also like to see Buyukada for a little bit, the serenity and scenery just seem so intriguing. But not a full day or night, just a couple hours.

Here's my new (probably slightly half-baked) itinerary...

Tuesday: Arrive on TK1752 around 5:00. Did I mention I'm planning on buying real tickets? ... work our way back to a hotel (will figure out which later on, but it will be the same hotel the whole time). Wander around the city a bit, get dinner/street food, get to bed a little early to rest up. Maybe try a nargile somewhere.

Wednesday: Roughly 50/50 time spent at Buyukada and Asian side. While I have been to Hong Kong, I don't want this to be like when I was in Gibraltar and saw another continent (Africa) but never went! I'm sure there will be a few things worth seeing, and if we go back to the European side early, I'm sure that will be fine as well.

Thursday: European side - bazaars and usual attractions. Still need to fill in the blanks, but I'm sure a good guidebook will help out here.

Friday: Back to airport to make our way back home. On a trip like this, I'd like a couple days to work with glitches + jet lag, plus a couple days at home would be nice so I don't have to go to work *that* quickly on Monday.