Monday 3rd June. Dalman to Istanbul to Stockholm to Lulea and now in Pitea.

 A very early start this morning and Kemal was waiting for me. A good 30 min drive to the airport and another very new big airport. All very modern. Checked my case through to Lulea and went to the lounge for breakfast.  Oh I soon love this business  class treatment. Finally on our way to Istanbul. Again the airport it huge and very modern. And the Turkish business class lounge was huge and wow. I tried a little lunch and then discovered my flight was slightly  delayed to Stockholm.  It would have been OK but we had to wait ages on the tarmac to take off. I managed a little snooze after a very tasty lunch. By the time I arrived at Stockholm I'd missed my flight onto Lulea and hadn't had time to alert Marianne and JO. 

After wandering around a good bit trying to find either a Turkish airline person or SAS person to help with my new flight, I finally found an SAS person who checked and  discovered I'd already been allocated a new flight. She printed off my new boarding pass and she said my luggage would probably be in time for the new flight. I headed to my new gate very relieved that all was in order and plenty of time. But an hour late for Marianne and JO. I'd  let them know by this time and off to Lulea on SAS. M and JO were there to greet me and my luggage arrived aswell!!! I'm a tad weary and ready for bed, even tho it's still light outside and will remain so. Soon good to catch up with M and JO and in their house again in Pitea. Many memories here.







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  1. Juju's away.blogspot.com3 June 2024 at 16:13

    Beautiful airport as you said! You were so lucky that it all worked out well! Enjoy your reunion!
    I'm off tonight at 11:30pm.

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  2. Karyn 3 June 2024 at 16:27

    Very fortunate with your sudden change of plans. So governments and the airline industry don’t expect wars and climate change to dampen the spirits of the tourism dollar!
    More Fun with Friends for you now. Enjoy x

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  3. abroadabroad4 June 2024 at 00:43

    Only a slight hiccup in your flights, fortunately. Have a great time with your friends. I’ll look forward to some photos of Lulea/Pitea.

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  4. Jenny4 June 2024 at 07:04

    Glad that you made it to your friends after the hiccups

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  5. Anne4 June 2024 at 14:15

    A good result.

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