A Lot To Write About…..Here’s A Preview

by Lufthansa Flyer | May 13, 2012 | Trip Reports | 1 comment

My Wife and I returned last night from our trip to Istanbul and London and based on the 2300 pictures, I think we covered a lot. Over the coming days and weeks I’ll write about our various experiences and post some of the 2300 photos along the way.

Here is a non-definitive list of all the things that you can expect to read about:

Lufthansa’s First Class Services (including flights, lounges, terminal, etc.)

Istanbul – Sultanahmet Mosque.
Istanbul – The Basilica Cistern.
Istanbul – Spice Market and Grand Bazaar.
Istanbul – Park Hyatt Macka Palas.
Istanbul – Our Day with Ihsan (besttaxidriver.com).
Istanbul – Agia Sophia.
Istanbul – Other Mosques and Churches.
Istanbul – I find out what Zultanite is….
Istanbul – The Food We Found.
Istanbul – Turkish Airlines’ International CIP Lounge.

London – Hyatt Andaz Liverpool Street.
London – Opening of Parliament – Great pictures of the Queen and procession to Parliament.
London – ‘The Sunshine Boys’ at the Savoy Theater (Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths)…..BRILLIANT, MUST SEE!
London – Spitalfield’s Antique Market – And the lesson I learned.
London – Churchill War Rooms and Churchill Museum.
London – Photos from around town.
London – Dinner at Petrus
London – St. James Park. Very friendly squirrels and ducks.
London – Covent Gardens.
London – All the other things that I can’t think of at the moment….

Pluckley – They said it was haunted……