Hey. I saw your friends. I was going to kick them, but I was wearing flip-flops and likely would have injured my toesies. Sooo... I introduced myself instead. Incidentally, if they say they ran into "Nick," that would be me.
By he time they showed up I was already quite caffeinated and nicotein buzzed, so I may have come off... stranger than usual.
Edit: Oh, and they told me your last name, so I went ahead and facebooked you. Hope ya don't mind.
As for the Istanbul, that is so sad it makes me weep. Stupid friends! Oh well. You can still come with us if you wanna spite 'em.
I should still like to meet you sometime, though!