made it!

waiting in Istanbul

 I was trying to figure out how much my kids slept on the plane (and me) and I think it was about 4 hours in the 24 hour period.  Teoman can be enthusiastically stubborn - in spite of being obviously overtired he wasn't too bad - he was just overly excited about going to "Merica!" 

The toughest part was was customrs/security/passport control in Toronto after a ten hour flight.  We waited in five different lines even though we got fast-tracked in some lines because we had small children, and in another case because it seemed we’d miss our flight.  (Tolga was running ahead while I struggled behind).  It seemed they held the plane for us - the captain announced the delay was due to “slow boarding”.

we travel with superheroes

We arrived and my mother was waiting near baggage claim, my father was still outside - they came in two cars to haul us and our luggage.  (We made it to Ankara airport in one taxi...).  We headed straight over to my sister’s house where we will spend the next few days.  

Travel time reflection:

Woke up: 2am

Left to airport: 3:15am

Ankara Istanbul: 5:45am

Istanbul Toronto: 11:15am

Toronto MSP: 9:45 pm (Ankara time)

MSP Airport: 12:30am

Sherah’s house: 2am

Visit, dinner, bed: 4am  (8pm central)

That’s more than 24 hours people.  
And because we went back eight hours, it's still Thursday...