LONG BLOG LONG DAY!

LONG BLOG LONG DAY!

Well, here it is my first post!Like most of you, I thought this day would never come, but I am actually in the air so I guess it is here.My flight to Frankfurt, Germany wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.It was roughly 8 hours, but I read a book, Nights of Rodanthe, and listened to music.I would have watched the in flight movie but the flight attendant announced the movie in what I am guessing was German, so needless to say I didn't understand the announcement and didn't notice the movie was on until half way through.The flight was peaceful besides the screaming of the baby behind me for the first hour and half, and the couple next to me who definitely had too much FREE wine (but can you blame them!).I sat next to an older woman from Istanbul, who was really nice and gave me her number if I had any questions or problems.There was an in-flight meal and I got some weird looking turkey and some side dishes that I can still taste; yet I still can't name.

I just landed in Frankfurt (2:50am East Coast Time), which turned out to be a hassle.My bags did not get transferred to my Istanbul flight so I had to find my way to baggage claim, check them again, go back through security, and find my gate.I was so confused!I turned around in circles for about 30 minutes!I'm tired already and I have two more flights!Hopefully they are short!

I am now in Istanbul! I cant really tell you much about the flight because I slept the whole entire time.There was an old Turkish lady who sat next to me who woke me up every time the food or drink cart would go by!Istanbul is cold, but it looked very pretty.The highlight thus far is that I missed my connecting flight to Adana.I don't know who booked the flight but there was no possible way I could get off the plane, get my visa, go through a passport check, security and still catch my flight!First, I reacted like Shyril Beck and started cussing, then I wanted to act like Robin Beck and start crying, but I figured at 23 that would not be ok.I was mainly worried about my bags.So, now I am sitting at a new gate once again turning around in circles because I have no idea what time it is, nor what time my new flight leaves.Fun!

Well, of course I waited for the next flight for 2 hours and then the flight got delayed!I arrived in Adana, and once again I slept the whole time.My bags were still there when I got to baggage claim, which was a major relief, but I had no idea how I was supposed to get where I was going.I went outside and a man ran up to me and in a joking manner yelled Where are you!(of course meaning where have you been).The trainer, assistant coach, and the team bus driver picked me up.They are all nice, but their English�isn't great, and my Turkish is non existent (by the way Robin Turkish doesn't sound like you think, its not harsh like German, so you need to work on your imitation). They asked me if I was hungry, I said no I just wanted to sleep, they said ok and 5minutes later we arrived at a Pizza place!Here is a sample of my first Turkish/English dialogue:

Coach:Hungry

Me:No I'm ok

Coach:you eat!

Me:ok ill have pizza

Coach:toast?

Me:pizza

Coach:oooo pizza with chicken?

Me:no just cheese

Coach:No cheese

Me:Cheese

Coach:Chicken?

Me:no chicken just cheese

Coach:Lots of chicken?

Me:cheese

Coach:o ok cheese

Waiter:Chicken?

You get the idea!Somehow the order came up right, the pizza was good and now I am headed to Ceyhan to go to SLEEP!Long blog for a long day!