Greetings from Istanbul!

We arrived safely at London Heathrow and survived renting a car and driving ourselves to see our good friends Brad and Joni and their kids. Since Blake is such an excellent navigator (think of all that Army training), he directed and I DROVE! My heart was pounding furiously just getting out of the airport. I kept repeating to myself, "Stay left!"

Anyhow, we had an uneventful flight to Istanbul and we're all in relatively good shape for having slept approximately enough for one person. We depart for Kyrgyzstan in a couple hours and should arrive at 1am on July 6th (Zack's 4th birthday.)