Liquidity was back - shit happened

After a short pit-stop at home which Markus basically used to grab fresh clothes he flew on Wednesday morning to Istanbul for the large Conference for Emerging European Markets investors with more than 100 investors and more than 70 companies attending. The event was yet again organised by "conference fairy" Helen Claussen and her team exceeding the high expectations of the salesforce with a perfect organisation of the event held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. In case ANYONE of you out there ever wants a conference or congress organized properly, let us know and we link you up with Helen. She will sort you out!

The view from the room was stunning

Markus' room in the Intercontinental Ceylan Hotel offered a fantastic view over the Bosphorus, but the conference did not allow a lot of time to enjoy it. While there were very interesting business meetings during the days the evening events were memorable as well. Markus concluded the welcome drinks on Wednesday wit a visit to Taksim Square at 0200 for a Kebap with some colleagues and clients, but the home made Ayran seems to have disturbed his stomach. The whole of Thursday he had numerous visits to the toilet and he was pretty tired and exhausted in the evening so that he could not enjoy the gala-event at Hotel Les Ottomans right by the Bosphorus which is a perfect setting for such an event. So he left at 1630 and went to bed in order to hopefully recover and be back fro Friday night.

The bad Kebap-stand from Wednesday No good!

The good Kebap-stand from Friday. Yes please!

A 2 hour nap after the conference on Friday late afternoon made the trick and enabled him to enjoy the night properly. As bankers and investors are not at all exclusively boring farts, Friday night was concluded in the world's best place for party and clubbing in Markus' opinion: outdoor club Reina, right underneath one of the 2 bridges connecting Europe with Asia. He had again a Kebap to make the night in Istanbul a real night and was just in time back in the hotel to pack, write this blog and check out before heading back home for the wedding of Mirko & Maria.

Kerstin & Markus