I arrived at the airport around 2 hour before my flight and checked in. The passage through security was uneventful . I could even keep my belt on.

My ride to the airport :



I then went to the lounge and behold ..... It had a great design.



But the food offerings were not so great. They had Muffins, bread rolls, cold cuts and Gazpacho. After an hour in the lounge, I went back to the general airport area in order to do some planespotting .


Qatar with an A320 in Warsaw ?!



Emirates A 332


Lot 787


And finally the TK A 321, which would take me to Istanbul.



Boarding time arrived and be warned, that boarding at TK is a total mess.... You want masses of gate lice .... Fly TK !

10 minutes before boarding



But Business class was able to board at their convenience and I boarded relativley late. The cabin was already full and I couldn't take any cabin pics without disturbing anyone.

The legroom was quite spacious.




The Meal:

Starter:

Main:


The 2,5 hours to Istanbul were soon over, as another flyertalker was in the same row and we chatted about mistake fares in general and the legal point of view, if the airlines can be forced to honour them.

In Istanbul I made my way with the metro, tram and Furniculare to the taksim square and finally to my hotel for the night.... The intercontinental Istanbul, which is the 2nd of my 4 free nights .



Taksim square and Gezi park:


The review of the intercontinental will follow once I have landed in Kuala Lumpur as I will board MH 31 soon.