Passport

Yeah! I received my passport today, so now I can legally leave the country...gives me the notion in my head if I get really irritated I can literally leave the country....

Tour Itinerary

At leisure means I get to decide what tour or whatever I want to do when I get there, who knows what I'll find interesting, but will be with the tour....

Day 1, August 5 - Wednesday, Depart from US, travel

Day 2, August 6 - Thursday, Istanbul
Hotel: Crowne Plaza Old City Istanbul
FethiBey Caddesi no 10 0000
Istanbul, Turkey
Telephone: 90 212 4449333
Meeting with tour group at night and drinks at hotel

Day 3, August 7 - Friday, Istanbul sightseeing
Blue Mosque, St. Sophia, Hippodrome, Grand Bazaar
Turkish style dinner at a local restaurant

Day 4, August 8 - Saturday, Istanbul at leisure

Day 5, August 9 - Sunday, Istanbul and later set sail on Sea of Marmara and along the Dardanelles
Hotel: Will be on the ship

Day 6, August 10 - Monday, docking at the island of Mykonos at leisure

Day 7, August 11 - Tuesday, Arrive on the island of Patmos, later dock at the Turkish port of Kusadasi (visit Ephesus)

Day 8, August 12 - Wednesday, docking at the island of Rhodes at leisure

Day 9, August 13 - Thursday, docking at the island of Santorini -Heraklion on the island of Crete

Day 10, August 14 - Friday, Athens - walking tour of Acropolis and Parthenon, Agora, the Royal Palace, the Temple of Zeus, Hadrian's Arch and the stadium built for the first modern Olympic Games in 1896; rest of day at leisure.
Hotel: Metropolitan
385 Syngrou Avenue
17564
Athens, Greece
Telephone: 30 210 9471000

Day 11, August 15 - Saturday, Athens at leisure

Day 12, August 16 - Sunday, return home

Flight Itinerary

Flights etc. so now you know which flights, go here to check on status of flight....no asking me any questions...

Departure:
Departs Cedar Rapids at 4 pm on August 5
Airline: British Airwasy BA5436
Arrives in Chicago, 5:05 pm
Flight duration: 1 hour; time between flights 2 hours

Departs Chicago at 7:15 pm to go to London
Airline: British Airways BA294
Flight duration: 8 hours; time between flights 1 hour
Arrives in London at 10:30 am London time, August 6

Departs London to Istanbul at 10:30 am
Airline: British Airways BA676
Flight duration: 3 hours, 45 minutes
Arrives in Istanbul at 4:15 Turkey time zone (8 hours ahead of CDT)

Return:

Athens flight at 8:15 am Greece time zone on August 16
Airline: British Airwasy BA631, flight duration 4 hours

One hour and 35 minutes between flights

Departs London at 11:45 am London time zone
Airline: Britissh Airways BA295
Flight duration: 8 hours and 25 minutes arriving in Chicago at 2:10 pm

Departs Chicago at 4:45 pm and arriving in CR at 5:45 pm, and I'm home.

Vacation Dates

Melanie will be on vacation August 5 thru August 16, returning home August 16 by 17:45 CDT in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.