Not a great day

Went to Ikea today by taxi, we don't have a car yet, and Hannah decided to puke all over the back seat, great. As many of you know I am NOT good with sick and I was covered in it, ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Poor Hannah!

It was obviously something she must have picked up from school, I just hope the rest of us don't go down with it.............................

She slept all day and woke up a bit better and demanded food, noooooooooooooooo I don't think so hunni, I gave her some water she kept that down so as she claimed she was starving I gave her a dry biscuit - she ate it but then sat on the toilet for the rest of the evening so obviously no food for 12 hours then............

Finally Moved

We moved into our lovely apartment today! We have no furniture as yet but are using an airbed to sit on in the living room, airbeds to sleep on. We are going to Ikea tomorrow to order mattresses for the beds which are currently bobbing around in the ocean somewhere........................

Didn't move!

We were supposed to move into our apartment today but it isn't yet ready - apparently this is completely normal for Turkey. Not what we wanted to hear!

The relocation agent has kindly let us stay in one of her other apartments for the time being, it has one bedroom and a sofa bed in the living room. I guess it will get us through the next couple of days and it's certainly better than a hotel room!

Moving Tomorrow!

We are moving into our apartment tomorrow so I need to get to Ikea today to pick up some bedding!

Got into taxi, said Ikea. Got the usual response of "huh" followed by blank look. I thought oh good here we go AGAIN. In the end I wrote it down, taxi driver smiled and said AH Ikea!!! Yes I thought, that's exactly what I was saying......

Blue Mosque

Paul thought it would do us good to get out today and see some sights. I agree!!

We went down to Sultanhamet to the Blue Mosque, WOW what a fascinating place, we then went to Hagia Sofia which is a museum and a mosque which is no longer in use. Photos are to be found on Flickr!

Hate it here

I've stopped feeling positive about living here I'm afraid. The traffic is driving me bonkers, everytime I go out for a walk I'm amazed I get back to the hotel in one piece. If you dare to cross a side road and someone suddenly wants to drive down it they don't slow down they just carry on. I've lost count of the number of times I've nearly been mowed down. I daren't take the kids out for a walk.

Mindless bloody ignorance if you ask me. Thank god our apartment is on a housing complex and not near a main road.

Turks just seem so ignorant, it maybe just me I don't know but I was told Turks were friendly and welcoming, ha ha I've found them to be the total opposite.....

Truth be told I want to go home.........................

Leaving Movenpick Hotel

So we are having to move hotels because we were only booked in here until today and they are fully booked and we don't have a temporary apartment to move into, great...........

So Sheraton here we come.