Hello all, VIA was on time, and a shuttle was waiting at the Dorval station to take passengers to the nearby airport. I was early and the counter for Turkish Airlines did not open until 6;45 P.M. The flight was on time for departure, and at midnight, a large dinner was served. (Air Canada staff, please note.) I cleared customs and was at my hotel an hour after landing. (a breakfast was served one hour before landing, which was three in the afternoon here.) This is Ramadan, the Holiest month for Muslims, which my friends here are. The adults do not eat from sun up to sun down. The sun sets at eight here now so my lady friend and her son Hussian came down to my hotel at nine, after their dinner with a birthday cake....(it was my birthday.) Since the hotel staff know me from my previous trips here, they joined in the action, and had cake also. Hussian did not know that the big bag I had with me was his large Batman robot that was to big to move when they moved back here in October. I announced to Hussian with a voice that all could hear , '' I am finished playing with this toy now, you can have it''. Hussian went wild. The three of us then went to a nearby park where the music was loud, and there were singers, performers and a full night market...people with tables selling everything one could imagine. We stayed until closing at midnight .M y friends went home on the train and I walked to the hotel. At no time did I see alcohol being served. Today will be more of the same after sunset.
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