We made it!

Well it was a really long day but everything went as planned.  None of us really slept on the long haul from Phoenix to Heathrow and it was a long 4 hour stopover in London but we arrived in Istanbul, got through customs quickly and the driver was there to pick us up as planned.  He took us straight to the place we are staying where our host was waiting.  It's in an old part of town but the actual apartment is very nice and newly renovated.  Its on the 3rd floor and has a super strong, secure steal door.  We need to get to sleep now as it is 2am already here and we only have a little over 2 days to enjoy Istanbul but I'll see about posting some pics tomorrow.