We say goodbye to Cas and rush back to the stadium to record a stand-up. Galatasaray’s stadium is located outside the city and the further we leave the center behind us, the whiter the roadside becomes.
Ripped off
A super friendly taxi driver talks to us via a translation app on his phone and tells all kinds of stories. We have to go through an entrance gate at the stadium and after considerable negotiation the taxi can drive through to drop us off right at the door. We had forgotten the exchange rate of the lira for a moment and we immediately pay the 4,000 Turkish lira that the meter shows. Afterwards it turned out to be 80 euros. That hurts for a while.
Every working day at 5:20 PM, the sports reporters in Today’s Day join you to update you on a sports topic. This time I dial in, but right at the moment we get into the taxi, on the way to the stadium for the press conference. What happens there is the most special part of the trip.
Tuuter rapido taxi
Night has already fallen in Istanbul (two hours later) and it is rush hour. Our taxi driver imagines his way through the packed streets like Max Verstappen. His horn can be clearly heard in the background of the conversation and Edward and I are tossed from left to right in the back seat.
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