Meet Me in Istanbul
Автор книги Richard Chisholm
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It is early morning on a sunny spring day in April. Heathrow Airport. London is busy as usual. Hundreds of people are arriving, leaving or waiting or waiting for planes. In the departure lounge of terminal one a man is sitting reading a newspaper.
He does not like airports. There are too many people. And he is always nervous when he flies. He looks at his watch impatiently. Then he hears the announcement over the loudspeakers.
British Airways announce the departure of flight B 570 for Istanbul. Will passengers please proceed to gate 16 for boarding? Tom Smith picks up his suitcase and walks towards gate 1620. Minutes later the plane is preparing to leave. It moves slowly across the airport to runway number two.
Tom is sitting looking out of the window. The plane suddenly moves forward, races down the runway and rises into the air. Tom looks down at the houses and roads far below and smiles. London is behind him now. He is on his way to Istanbul.
Tom relaxed and took a letter from his pocket. Rizat bay apt eleven from his pocket. Rizat Bay apt. Eleven three camera socak Ayazpasa, Istanbul my dear Tom, thank you for your letter. I am so happy that you can come and visit me for a holiday.
Life here in Istanbul is very interesting. I am enjoying my work, but I miss you very much. It will be wonderful to see you again. I'm sure we will have a very nice holiday. Spring is here and the weather is beautiful.
I have to work on Monday 14 April, the day you arrive. So I can't come to the airport to meet you. But you can take a taxi from the air terminal to Toxim Square. That's in the center of the new part of the city. There's a big hotel called the Park Hotel near the square.
I'll meet you there at 05:00. We'll meet in the American bar. The view over the city is beautiful. I can't wait to see you again, Tom. I have so much to tell you.
So. Remember the Park Hotel, taxam square. 05:00. See you on the 14th. Love, Angela tom sat for a moment looking at his fiance's letter.
Then he put it in his pocket. He looked down at the green fields of France as the plane continued its journey across Europe. Have you been to Istanbul before? Said a voice. It was the young man in the next seat.
No, I haven't said tom. Have you? The man smiled. My home is in Istanbul. I'm studying in London at the moment.
I'm going home for a holiday. Really? Said Tom. Where are you studying? At London University.
The two men sat talking as the stewardesses began serving lunch. The young man told Tom his name was Kamal. His parents had a shop in Istanbul. Are you meeting someone in Istanbul? Are you meeting someone in Istanbul?
Kamal asked my fiance, said Tom. She's working in Istanbul. That's interesting. How long has she been there? She went to Istanbul two months ago.
She works for a small company which is starting to export to England. She's making all the arrangements. Exporting always seems so difficult, said Kamal. It seems difficult. Tom agreed.
But that's Angela's job. She's an expert in importing and exporting. Her father has an import export agency in London and she has worked for him for some years. She's almost completed her work in Istanbul. Now the company has already started to send goods to England.
She'll be coming back to London soon.