Daily Blague

RJ - I have loved every one of your postings from Istanbul; you've been the next best thing to being there but I know how it is to be far away from home and have health concerns, so travel safely and I'll look forward to reflections on a digested elephant.

Many thanks, Flather, for your kind words. I promise to elicit at least a paragraph from Kathleen about her experiences here, insofar as she can discuss them!

She does tell me that today's launch of the DJIST, Turkey's first Exchange-Traded Fund, has been a roaring success, and that her clients are very happy indeed.

Let me know what I can do to help with the overhaul of the blue room. If I don't have a fulltime position by the time my monthly stint at "W" is done, I would be happy to help... so long as I hear lots of stories.

We listened to Don Carlos when we painted the Blue room..............

Have a nice trip home! It's been a great privilege to meet you, a person with "gigantic" (you know what I mean) intellectual capacity and the ability to use it. Zafer...

RJ,

I've loved the daily diary from Istabul. This weekend we are at Ellen E's house in New Hampshire skiing so I showed her the photo's from several of your posting and she loved them.

Safe trip to you both and take care of your health.

Tindley