An American in Turkey

...Now breathe out. Ok, we all heard the news this morning about the terror plots on planes to and from Gatwick and Heathrow (which is where my stopover is, I'm starting to wish I had spent the couple extra clams to use Lufthansa) and for sure my day tomorrow will be long and boring, but at least I'm confident I will make to Istanbul eventually. To anybody who might be worrying about me, try to worry as little as possible, its not good for your health and it looks like my first post from Istanbul will come later than expected. As for worrying myself, I assure you that I am worrying more about waiting in line and finding something to do on the airplane than what most in the media/government might want me to worry about (sorry Mr. Gingrich, that WWWIII wet dream isn't coming true any time soon). Alright, so that is it for now, my next post will be from the Besiktas campus of Istanbul Technical University just north of the Golden Horn.