Coming Back

This past week was a whirlwind. So many phone calls, presentations, e-mails at work--I forgot that I even went on vacation. An Istanbuli friend who is tied up here asked me last night at dinner, "So how is Istanbul? Anything changed?" I told him the traffic was bad. He replied "What's new?" I said, "Some are taking advantage of their political positions," He rolled his eyes and said "Nothing has changed then..."

I am not so sure if somethings have not changed, if not lost all together. I do not recognize the same old routes any more. New, tall, tall buildings pop out of nowhere - in the most unexpected locations that used to be flat lands. Well, at least the coffee tastes the same and people are as easy going as ever. :-)