Back in Istanbul again: This Time for FIBA Worlds

Here's my home for the next week - Ibis Hotel in Istanbul. As you can see from the window photo, I can just barely make out the Bosphorous Strait. Still, I can open my window up and breath some of that fresh air in - which more than makes up for the obstructed view.

This hotel's sweet, but cut off from the rest of the world by a six-lane highway in front of it, and a lake behind it. And there are no sidewalks around it to walk on.

Good for taxi business; bad for budget-conscious, ambulophilic freelancers.