Vugraph Etc.

It appears that there will be fairly thorough Vugraph coverage of the games here. They'll be covering at least some of the tables every round, but since there are currently 35 teams registered it's unclear how often USA Blue will make it on.

You can find a schedule of Vugraph play here. Look for the '1st World Youth Congress' matches. Times on the left are military standard and appear as correct for your own time zone.

To watch Vugraph matches you need to go here, click on 'Play Bridge Now' then 'Look Around Our Site.' If a Vugraph match is on the 'Vugraph (live broadcasts)' button will be yellow and you should find it easy to navigate from there.

The University is on the Asian side of Istanbul. We're a little more than an hour by car away from Old Istanbul, which is on the southern end of the European side of the city along the Bosphorus river, which is the first straight that leads from the Black Sea through several bodies of the water eventually into the Mediterranean. That's the really 'happening' part of town with the Aya Sofya, Istanbul University, Topkapi Sarayi (where the kept the Harem) and the Grand Bazaar. Hopefully I'll be able to make it down there for a Turkish bath house experience.

Here's a rather blurry photo as we crossed the Bosphorus, you can just see the Aya Sofya in the distance. It used to be the largest cathedral in the world for about half a millenium before St. Peter's was built. I apologize about the quality, our bus driver was going pretty fast.