Dear friends,
Today, June 8th, we
travelled to Izmir, the second city of the presentation tour of the book
of Silo's Message in Turkey. We left at 8:15 in the morning from
Kadikoy on a shuttle that brought us to a big bus. The bus left at 09:20
and after an hour and a half we arrived at a ferry which takes the cars
to the other side of the Marmara sea, we travelled for an hour over the
sea under a shining sun, accompanied by big sea gulls. On the other
side we continued to Bursa where the bus stopped for 15 minutes. Then
there were other short stops so we could go down various times to move
around. We passed through beautiful landscapes and were comfortable. On
arriving at the bus terminal in Izmir at 17:15, a shuttle took us to the
center of the city. We tried other things, like a dolmus, dolmus tax
and public bus and it took a while. Finally some of us decided to take a
normal taxi and others a public bus. We arrived at the hotel more or
less together. A very small and charming hotel with very friendly
personnel ready to help us in anything we needed. When we arrived at the
hotel, Caner was waiting for us. He is an old friend from the World
March and is always very helpful and willing to accompany us. We greeted
him warmly and he was happy to see us.
After having settled in and having chai we went with Caner who
wanted to show us the bookstore. So we walked through charming streets,
bazar-like, and once in a while he asked directions to people and called
friends in Istanbul who spoke English who Eduardo knows to tell them
about the tour. We finally reached the place but it was closed. But it
seems like a nice place with a big patio and cafés all around. Tomorrow
we will see how it will go with the owner.
Caner really wanted to see us because he had a date with some
German friends on the week end but he told us he had cancelled it
because he wanted to be with us all three days. So very good, Caner is
very animated and wants to come with us in July as well.
After the bookstore we went for a walk on the seaside and finally
on a pedestrian street in the center, where we ate something and Judit
gave Caner a book of the Message.
It was a beautiful day and Caner being with us was super, he helped us take a taxi back to the hotel.
Not much more but we hope many things will happen on the next 3 days with the Message.
A big hug
Judit, Aurora, Isabel, Peter, Nacho, Alvaro, Ariane, Zoë y Eduardo,
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