The word from my bosses is in.

Start blogging every day like your colleagues or we stop the check on your hotel reimbursement!

I'm going to skip over most of my Netherlands trip because

1. I will be back to talk to politicians and business people on the other end of the trip and

2. I am actually in the Eminolu section of Istanbul right now and this city is so unbelievable I can't wait to tell you about it.

I also think I may have learned how to upload pictures, but we shall see.

Here are some differences between Holland and Turkey which I believe you will find useful.

Anybody who speaks English can get a pretty clear idea what is going on by reading the street signs and shop names.

I like the "Kiss and Ride".

OK, I want to eat, drink some coffee and maybe have a beer. Betty has me covered.

I'm not quite sure what they have for sale in this restaurant, but I don't think they serve it in Vermont.

Another interesting contrast would be the view out the window of my Valk Hotel near Amsterdam

As opposed to the view from the Yigitalp Hotel in the Bazaar District near Istanbul University

Finally, oh you don't want to know. Still, if you are reading this, you are probably an adult, so this is what a dollar will do for you when you have a need and you are away from your hotel

I have to get the A/C fixed, I will elaborate tomorrow after I cruise the Bosphorus.

Ken