Traveling as I do to so many places in the world, delivering courses for the Society of NLP, in hypnosis, PhotoReading , Memory plus many more, it seems I never spend more than a few nights in the same bed. It seems that I never speak to the same person two days running, apart from the course participants, translator, or those close to me by telephone.

It tends to be a lonely existence.

It seems nobody loves me.

Breakfast is especially lonely. No one to talk to, no one to share the dreams had in the night, so they slip away into the forgotten memory bank.

Today I had a companion over breakfast.

I had been staying in the Taxim Square Hotel, right in Taxim Square, and the receptionist asked on arrival would I like a view overlooking the Square or a view of the Bosphorus?

I have seen Taxim Square nearly every day, and know it as a noisy lively place all hours of the day. There seem to be as many people walking in Taxim Square at 4am as there is at 4pm, so over looking the Square was a no.

Getting to my room on the 7th floor on my arrival late at night, the view of the Bosphorus could not be appreciated as it was dark. So, the next morning, I pull the curtains apart to get a view.

A mile away in the distance I could see a bright light, as the strong sun reflected on the waters of the Bosphorus, in fact I could not see anything, I was blinded. So much for the view in the distance of the Bosphorus.

                                                                

But this morning I sat in the restaurant by the window on the 9th floor, and I had company, a seagull, he wants my food.
        
                                                                

NO WAY seagull, I have work to do, and need my food.