Tag Archives: Istanbul
A Journey To Syria – Part One
Perhaps my favourite ever train journey happened in 2009 as we made the trip from Istanbul to Aleppo in Syria. This is an account of our journey east, starting with half a day in the great Turkish city that straddles two continents……. Once more we found ourselves in Istanbul. We had booked onward trains in […]
UNDERGROUND TRAIN – MY TWENTY-FIRST TRANSPORTATION THEMED BLOG FOR THE APRIL A-Z CHALLENGE
There is nothing very spectacular about the underground, although I do remember how excited I was the first time I had been on London’s network as a twelve year-old travelling to Lords with my parents and brother to watch cricket. Nowadays, just about every major city has an underground, most infinitely superior to London, which […]
