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Just wanted to let you know that we are happy to see May playing well at the Owl's front line together with our former player Athde Nuhiu, who is still EsEs fans' favorite.

Just watched the highlights ( ) McManus had a few vital saves as Saints get a much needed win! Congratulations!

It is approximately 4 miles away from the current Ataturk Stadium. Here is a most recent video: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10203488258822583&set=vb.1096981341&type=2&theater

What a noble act! We are proud to have friends like you. Go Blue Army!

Thanks! Here is the highlights of our first 5-goal-win of the season: http://www.ligtv.com.tr/mac-ozetleri/spor-toto-super-lig Meeting again in the Euro Cup next year would be great...

5 wins in a row! Impressive! Keep on winning guys, these wins make ESES fans happy, very happy...

Well done mates! We are very happy to see you win and hope this will be the beginning of a great season. Go Saints!

I was at University of Chicago's 2012 Spring convocation and the music above was the theme music for the graduation ceremony:

it was originated from this song of 70s:

We already started to put some info together at our forum: http://www.eskisehirspor.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4090&PN=1 Your contribution (on this forum) is highly appreciated! Thanks...

The map below shows Ibis Hotel (top left corner, with the sign "A"), stadium (bottom left corner) and the main bus station for the inter-city busses (on the right end, next to the green "E90" sign): See the map below for other hotels in the area (A: Ibis Hotel, B: Grand Namli, C: Saffron Hotel, D-E-I-H group: Atiskan Hotel, Hotel Arslan, Soyic Hotel [somehow showed twice], respectively, F: Sahin Park Hotel, G: Uysal Hotel, J: Gurgenci Suite Hotel; Stadium is again on the bottom left corner):

It is the Fairy Castle in Sazova Park. Each tower of this castle is a replica of a famous/historical tower in Turkey: The park is a bit far away from the stadium though (Sazova Park @ the bottom left corner; Ataturk Stadium -> top right corner):

Yes, the game will start at 8:00 p.m. local time. Turkey is 2 hours ahead of UK/Scotland.

I searched for the transportation services from Mudanya Guzelyali Seaport (the last stop of the ferry) to Bursa Otogari (the main bus station of Bursa). What I found were two carriers: 1- Bursa city bus #F/1 (those busses do not leave before the arrival of the ferry): http://ulasim.bursa.bel.tr/v3/hat_saat.asp?id=161 2- Mudanya city minibus (white colored). Those minibusses are very frequent, however, not all of those go to Bursa, you need to confirm. The total trip (Mudanya -> Bursa) takes 25 min.

Ismail Ayaz recently started direct services from Eskisehir to Sabiha Gokcen Airport. Yes, there are two late night busses (at 2:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m., respectively) leaving Eskisehir on Friday. See the following link for the list of busses from Eskisehir to Sabiha Gokcen Airport (Istanbul) on Friday, June 20th: http://eticket.ipektr.com/firms_20/Kara2.aspx?265290274256276293268284268318340314305280274250296289246306268318331314271246274272268290318255289271267291255263267287314299246288268290318267290294347289246347259282272252256278314293246288268264318332340360293256276276296308360332340331332360249296276246245 For answering your other question: Metro Turizm's shuttle takes you to Sancaktepe bus station, which is its departure point. The shuttles operating for Kamil Koc and Buzlu Turizm bring you to Atasehir/Dudullu area. However, Ismail Ayaz has a direct service from Sabiha Gokcen to Eskisehir, so, it is a better option. Ask the airport information desk about the shuttles' locations.

Side is 75 km away from Antalya and the driving time is more than 1 hr. If you have time and want to pay less, then you can take i) Havas shuttle from Antalya Airport to Antalya Otogari (the main bus station of Antalya) and ii) any inter-city bus operating to Side. However, if you share the transfer costs with a few others, then taking taxi would be more efficient. BTW, you can take any of Buzlu Turizm, Kamil Koc and Metro Turizm to go to Eskisehir from Side (or Manavgat) if you are not planning to take a flight to Ankara.

Ankara Esenboga Airport is a bit far away from the city centre (~35 km) and Sincan train station (~50 km). You have a few options from the Airport to Eskisehir: 1- Take the city bus (also called EGO bus) 442 (which parks in front of the arrivals exit of both domestic and international terminals) to ASTI (Ankara Sehirlerarası Terminal Isletmesi - the main bus station of Ankara). Those buses are every 20 min from very early in the morning to late night and total travel time is about 100 min: http://www.ego.gov.tr/parts/egohareketsaatleri.asp?NO=442&KALKIS=&VARIS= Then, take any intercity bus (Kamil Koc, Ulusoy, etc.) to Eskisehir. Buses charge around 15,00 - 20,00 TL and it takes ~ 3 - 3.5 hours from Ankara to Eskisehir. 2- Take the same city bus (i.e., 442) from the airport and asks the driver for Ankara Gari (Ankara train station). When it comes to Ankara Gari, get off the bus and wait for the free shuttle (EGO bus) to Sincan train station. There might be more than one shuttle depending on the number of passengers. The shuttles depart 1 hr before high-speed train's (YHT) departure (see my previous message) and brings you there in 30 min. YHT from Sincan to Eskisehir charges 20,00 TL for a 70 min trip (one-way). 3- footballturco's suggestion above (Havas shuttle > Ankara Gari + Free shuttle > Sincan train station + YHT > Eskisehir).

High-speed trains (which is called Yuksek Hizli Tren-YHT in Turkish) run between Ankara and Eskisehir and the travel time is less than 70 min. Due to a construction work in one of the bridges in Ankara, the departure point was moved to Sincan train station (Sincan is a suburb of Ankara). You can get on the free shuttle services from Ankara train station (Ankara Gari) to Sincan train station an hour before each scheduled train. You can also reach Sincan station using the city busses (you don't need to pay if you show your train ticket). Here's the schedule: http://www.tcdd.gov.tr/home/detail/?id=872 As you can see, there are 10 round-trip services from Sincan to Eskisehir everyday (trains leave Sincan at 7:00 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4:30p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., respectively).

Assuming that there would be no traffic at late night, Eskisehir-Istanbul (last stop-Esenler Otogari) trip lasts for about 6 hours. They need to get on any bus at 10:00 pm latest. Kamil Koc has a 9:00 pm bus (schedule below is for July 19th): https://secure.kamilkoc.com.tr/SeferSorgula.aspx?k=1077&v=1094&g=19-7-2012&yks=1

No need to book in advance. There are at least two more bus lines (Metro Turizm, Buzlu Turizm) having 15+ daily trips to Eskisehir. If you can reach the main bus stations or departure points in Istanbul, then the rest is easy. More good news to Sabiha Gokcen passengers: Metro Turizm, Buzlu Turizm and Ismail Ayaz have their own shuttles from the airport to their departure points.

Behind the far goal, on the right.

Kamil Koc has 17 trips a day from Istanbul to Eskisehir (schedule below is for July 18th): https://secure.kamilkoc.com.tr/SeferSorgula.aspx?k=1094&v=1077&g=18-7-2012&yks=1 Ismail Ayaz has 18 trips a day from Istanbul to Eskisehir (click "Istanbul'dan Eskisehir'e Sefer Saatleri"): http://www.ismailayaz.com.tr/#/guzergahlar/

Regardless of nationality or ethnic origin, all teams have their share of stupid fans. So, don't take it seriously. Thanks for compliments & good wishes! Hope those would be great games and inspiring settings for unforgettable gatherings of Saints and ESES fans.

Turkish Lira is used as the currency in Turkey. Here's the images of the banknotes/coins: http://turkishmoney.net/turkish_lira_pictures.htm