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Sigh - It's Our Last Day (and it's about forty-eight hours long!)

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 October 20, 2021 View from the end of our hall I wake for sunrise, which isn't enough sleep, but it's a beautiful sight and our last one here.  Eventually I convince myself to get up and get ready for breakfast.  It will be a long time before someone cooks for me again!  All my favorite staff members are working and the cute little guy who thought I needed Nutella and cheese sticks thinks I need a double helping of the sweet, fruit-filled oatmeal and three pieces of halvah!  I could just put him in my pocket!  My omelet lady knows that I want one "all-the-way" and the barista knows I need a latte in a take-away cup! I'm just finishing up when Ammar texts me to ask when breakfast is over.  He has about half an hour and comes down to meet me and have his bread, cheese, and juice. After breakfast we take a walk down to the horse statues so I can finally get some real pictures, instead of grab shots from a moving cab!  The wind is fierce! I actually think I might get

Sunrise!! Maybe it Comes with Winter?

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 October 19, 2021 Oh my goodness!  I wake up to find that dawn is just breaking in all its spectacular glory! Our first real honest-to-good sunrise! Site of the great pokes! Eventually we go down to breakfast and all the staff is so friendly and welcoming!  I don't understand why the other hotel guests aren't as charmed by them as we are! After breakfast we go upstairs and Ammar says he needs to go out for a few hours.  He is preparing a surprise for me and I'll find out what it is when he gets back!  I've learned not to ask questions!!  He is full of surprises and I haven't been disappointed yet!!  I'll merrily blog and listen to Spotify.  The mind boggles at the possibilities! I'm researching a good Turkish restaurant for tonight and there seems to be a street with several on it!  And I learn that the market with the Soviet memorabilia is called the Dry Bridge Bazaar.   Eventually I get a text asking me to meet Ammar in front of the Galleria Mall.  The cut