Sunday 8 November 2026, off to Istanbul.
Luxembourg to Istanbul, leaving in the fog
Thick fog this morning on the road to Luxembourg airport. It looked like a long trip, and it was. Luxembourg to Istanbul with Turkish Airlines.
Along the way, a Turkish Airlines poster for COP31, held in Antalya from 9 to 20 November.
Settling in at Karaköy, above the Galata Bridge
Welcome Istanbul. The hotel is in Karaköy, and from up there you look straight down on the Galata Bridge and the Golden Horn. The bridge links Karaköy to Eminönü on the other bank, and at night it is all lit up.
In the evening it goes off everywhere, fireworks and firecrackers. Feels like Naples.
And the sounds of Istanbul, to set the mood.
Istanbul by night
First baklava of the trip, buried under pistachio.
The city by night to end the day, seen from above.
Istanbul is also the city of cats. These ones, I admit, come from an AI video.
