It was written on the 28th.
I didn't get who postman refers to by saying friend. It could be SS, the airbnb guy or somebody else.
In all honesty, it can't be important. It's from forever and a day ago.
It says she got and sent mail. OK.
It was written on the 28th.
I didn't get who postman refers to by saying friend. It could be SS, the airbnb guy or somebody else.
:floorlaugh::floorlaugh::floorlaugh:
An American friend of mine was trying to learn Turkish. She was assigned an essay. In the essay, she wanted to say she was a Fine Arts major. She looks up the word "major" in dictionary and uses teh first word she sees: Binbaşı. Her teacher taught she was in the army, because "binbaşı" is the word for major as a rank in military forces.
This is the most I laughed since then.
What I do not understand is why all these tourists would be anywhere near this spot. It is my impression that this was a more deserted area. Why would the tourists be there? And why would they be there alone?
I would find it odd, in any city, for their to be one spot where you have alot of women being rapes or murdered. Especially if it is not an open spot
Umm... super interesting. No wonder that courier slant has stayed in the media. Let the speculation being as to what was in it.
Will try Turkish coffee. I heard there's a good coffee shop in the Grand Bazaar.
Perhaps it is too many episodes of Locked up Abroad / Banged up Abroad, but I still think she was approached at some point to transport something illegal from IST back to NYC. She may have had her trip paid for, she may have not, but that would explain both the unsavory characters and the urgent need to get out of there 4 days early at any cost.
The traffickers likely caught wind of her plans and this didn't bode well, which had this tragic ending we're all trying to piece together. Between ease of getting around with the metro and watching for her in areas she'd often cross this could easily be a group.
I think payment would be given at the airport when they brought her or last possible moment, which would explain why she needed money from her husband for the ticket change.
This is beyond grasping at straws.
This is reaching for straws with 37 pairs of chopsticks tied together with bailing wire.
She got and received mail from home in the USA. So what?
Yes... 14K etc. vs. 585 in Turkey. Those little details I don't believe have been released, but seeing as though there was this budget I am guessing these were personal pieces from the US.
There's a lot of haggling to be done, and while there are plenty of jewelers at the Grand Bazaar, you have to really know what you want and what it's worth or it's easy to be had. I also always thought, perhaps unfairly, that the salesmen would prefer to haggle with the men rather than women.
In all honesty, it can't be important. It's from forever and a day ago.
It says she got and sent mail. OK.
Just don't drink the grains as Mark Twain did. The smell is better than the taste. I wonder what he ended up drinking.
"... The bottom of the cup has a muddy sediment in it half an inch deep. This goes down your throat, and portions of it lodge by the way, and produce a tickling aggravation that keeps you barking and coughing for an hour."
I wonder if she was wearing a wedding ring while on her trip? Was there any mention of her being found wearing a ring? I noticed her husband is wearing a wedding ring in one of the recent photos.
This is beyond grasping at straws.
This is reaching for straws with 37 pairs of chopsticks tied together with bailing wire.
She got and received mail from home in the USA. So what?
bbm
But who receives packages while overseas for a few weeks? In 2013? When there is e-mail, text, instant messaging, Skype, FB, Facetime. She was keeping up with her family/friends electronically. I can understand sending mail/postcards so that your kids get a cool foreign stamp and get to hear from you while you're gone, but... a package? :waitasec:
And sending packages overseas is not cheap. It was something important, IMO. But what?
This is beyond grasping at straws.
This is reaching for straws with 37 pairs of chopsticks tied together with bailing wire.
She got and received mail from home in the USA. So what?
bbm
But who receives packages while overseas for a few weeks? In 2013? When there is e-mail, text, instant messaging, Skype, FB, Facetime. She was keeping up with her family/friends electronically. I can understand sending mail/postcards so that your kids get a cool foreign stamp and get to hear from you while you're gone, but... a package? :waitasec:
And sending packages overseas is not cheap. It was something important, IMO. But what?
I started this, maybe I should apologise. There's no grasping at straws and I realise they are old articles. It was only an attempt at sleuthing on my part. I just wanted to know if I had translated it correctly as I don't receive mail from home when I am on holiday.
Screw Mark Twain, I love sucking on the sediment of Turkish coffee.
Always medium sweet!
I have read she was wearing a gold ring. I don't think LE cares if she was having an affair or went there for a fling and I highly doubt someone who was financially strapped would go all the way to Turkey for a fling with someone she had never met in person - unless something else was in order.