So, we left for Turkey last week on Wednesday. Evidently, it started raining and didn't stop until we returned on this Wednesday. We missed quite the storm I'm told. One of the women in the office relates that she and her husband were driving in their Hummer when thunder went off right overhead so low and so loudly that it shook the car. I love a good thunderstorm and I'm a bit sad to have missed it.
Others in our building reported that they could feel the building sway in the gusts of wind. Hmmm, we're only on the 19th floor - I'm not so sure about that, but I'm no physicist or building engineer so maybe it's possible. I can only imagine the swaying that was going on in the Burj Dubai. Our crews are working on the 14oth through 150th floors of that building. I'd like to hear the stories they have to tell. Another reason why I'm thinking I wouldn't like to live in that building.
My number one reason for not wanting to live on the 150th floor of the Burj Dubai - the elevators. I cannot imagine how totally boring it would be to ride up and down those elevators every day. Even if they have some special high speed lift - it can't be high speed enough. Can you imagine getting to the underground parking and realizing you left something up in the flat - and having to go ALLLL the way up again to get it. Aggggh - I don't have the patience. Living there would eventually drive me batty.
Turkey was fantastic - as usual. I'll say it again - Istanbul is one of the world's best cities. We were glad to have some cool weather and rain just as a break from hot and sunny Dubai (little did we know how much we were missing back home). The first day or so were quite gloomy, but after that the weather got pretty good. In Cappadocia, we were surprised to find nearly 3-4 inches of snow. It certainly made the landscape beautiful - and if possible even more magical. But we weren't ready for snow and hadn't really packed for that kind of weather. That didn't stop us from getting out to tour and even taking a couple of hikes. The last 2 days were stunning. We took a hot air balloon ride (a first for all of us) and then a nice long hike on the last day to put an exclamation point on a fantastic visit. Pictures are coming.
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Your adventures sound totally awesome! I look forward to the pictures.
Lori
I'm so bummed I never made it to Istanbul when one of my best friends was living there. She lived there for like 8 years but I kept putting it off. Sounds like a great trip!
It would freak me out to live in such a high-rise. I have a recurring nightmare that I am in a free-falling elevator so a little bit phobic about that.
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