The joys of airline travel (or not)

The all-through-the-night-movies-flight landed mid afternoon Istanbul time. Through passport control effortlessly only to be stuck at the carousel waiting for my suitcase.  The school driver was waiting for me, so after an hour of pacing with an empty trolley I completed the paperwork for lost luggage and left.  We hit rush hour big time and when I saw them,  these ugly unfinished tower blocks in the damp grey that was the close of the day in Istanbul, seemed appropriate for today, especially after the green loveliness of Savannah. It's a while since I have been awake for more than 24 hours straight ....