FINDING SEYDA IN ISTANBUL...

It's been over a year since my pumpkin Seyda moved to Istanbul. Those that know Seyda packed her bags in March 2006 and made the move to live in Istanbul Turkey. She has been an inspiration to all of us.

I didn't get to see pumpy on my arrival as she was flying out to Germany on the same morning. However we made plans to catch up as soon as she arrived back in Istanbul. We organised to meet at her work place in Mecideyekoy for lunch.

I made my way over to her work place with instructions from my Pumpy as we met up after a year. It was an emotional time as it's been over a year. Even though we have spoken on email and the phone it was so good to see her face to face to hear about all her adventures in the last year.

I can't believe how fast the time has actually gone. It feels like yesterday that we were at the airport saying our farewells and now a year later here we are standing in the front of the Maya Building hugging.

We walked down to a cafe near her work place to grab some lunch. It was a quick decision in placing the order and I think I ended up ordering Chicken Snitchel.

Seyda was living in Ortakoy up until 2 months ago when she found a place in Uskudar. Uskudar is on the other side, ie the Asian side of Istanbul.

I'm sure we will have a lot more to catch up on during my stay here...