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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>John Heald&amp;#39;s Blog : Istanbul</title><link>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Istanbul/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Istanbul</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 (Debug Build: 20917.1142)</generator><item><title>Greece Is The Word</title><link>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/10/12/greece-is-the-word.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:16:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0655a56b-2503-4342-b806-50877dcd70da:163127</guid><dc:creator>John Heald's Blog</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=163127</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/10/12/greece-is-the-word.aspx#comments</comments><description>Beware of Greeks bearing gifts&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;or &amp;#8230;..Beware of Greeks bearing bugger all information. From: Stelios _________ Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 8:18 PM To: SPLENDOR SHORE EXCURSION MANAGER Cc: &amp;#8216;Christos _________ Subject: important...(&lt;a href="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/10/12/greece-is-the-word.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=163127" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Tales+from+the+Ship/default.aspx">Tales from the Ship</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Travel/default.aspx">Travel</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Europe/default.aspx">Europe</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Carnival+Splendor/default.aspx">Carnival Splendor</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Hawaii/default.aspx">Hawaii</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Destinations/default.aspx">Destinations</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Istanbul/default.aspx">Istanbul</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Haleakala+Volcano/default.aspx">Haleakala Volcano</category></item><item><title>Too Much Information</title><link>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/10/11/too-much-information.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:47:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0655a56b-2503-4342-b806-50877dcd70da:162834</guid><dc:creator>John Heald's Blog</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=162834</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/10/11/too-much-information.aspx#comments</comments><description>I wish you could have been there. The new Cruise Director Jen was there&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;so was Heidi and the thingy&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;and about 200 guests. It happened just now and I ran &amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;.. OK, walked fast&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;...(&lt;a href="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/10/11/too-much-information.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=162834" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Tales+from+the+Ship/default.aspx">Tales from the Ship</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Travel/default.aspx">Travel</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Europe/default.aspx">Europe</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Carnival+Splendor/default.aspx">Carnival Splendor</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Destinations/default.aspx">Destinations</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Carnival+Dream/default.aspx">Carnival Dream</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Istanbul/default.aspx">Istanbul</category></item><item><title>Turkey…..For Lunch</title><link>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/10/10/turkey-for-lunch.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:20:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0655a56b-2503-4342-b806-50877dcd70da:162485</guid><dc:creator>John Heald's Blog</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=162485</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/10/10/turkey-for-lunch.aspx#comments</comments><description>I was so mad this morning. During the night we had a guest taken very ill and the infirmary staff spent the entire evening saving that person’s life. So, this morning we arrived into Istanbul and, after a difficult maneuver by the captain to get the ship...(&lt;a href="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/10/10/turkey-for-lunch.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=162485" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Tales+from+the+Ship/default.aspx">Tales from the Ship</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Travel/default.aspx">Travel</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Europe/default.aspx">Europe</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Carnival+Splendor/default.aspx">Carnival Splendor</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Destinations/default.aspx">Destinations</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Istanbul/default.aspx">Istanbul</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Ephesus/default.aspx">Ephesus</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Turkey/default.aspx">Turkey</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Topkapi+Palace/default.aspx">Topkapi Palace</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Maramaris/default.aspx">Maramaris</category></item><item><title>Ladies in Hats, Ladies of Cunard and a Russian or Two…Oh, And Heidi</title><link>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/10/07/ladies-in-hats-ladies-of-cunard-and-a-russian-or-two-oh-and-heidi.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:55:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0655a56b-2503-4342-b806-50877dcd70da:160810</guid><dc:creator>John Heald's Blog</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=160810</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/10/07/ladies-in-hats-ladies-of-cunard-and-a-russian-or-two-oh-and-heidi.aspx#comments</comments><description>Honestly, you would think you are in the Caribbean heading for the Virgin Islands. But we are not &amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;we are heading to Marmaris, Turkey, and with 80 degrees of sunshine and tanzanite blue water it certainly could be the Caribbean Sea...(&lt;a href="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/10/07/ladies-in-hats-ladies-of-cunard-and-a-russian-or-two-oh-and-heidi.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=160810" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Tales+from+the+Ship/default.aspx">Tales from the Ship</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Heidi_2700_s+Post/default.aspx">Heidi's Post</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Travel/default.aspx">Travel</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Europe/default.aspx">Europe</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Carnival+Splendor/default.aspx">Carnival Splendor</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Destinations/default.aspx">Destinations</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Istanbul/default.aspx">Istanbul</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Ephesus/default.aspx">Ephesus</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Marmaris/default.aspx">Marmaris</category><category domain="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Izmir/default.aspx">Izmir</category></item></channel></rss>