Month: November 2020

Raining Cats and Dogs… Istanbul, Turkey Oct 2020 The rain had eased a little the next morning so with aching legs, we rode the “Tünel” – a historic subway funicular built in 1875, making it the world’s second oldest underground urban rail line after the London underground. The line consists of only two stations, the historic …

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Drop Dead Gorges Ihlara, Cappadocia, Turkey Oct 2020 Grateful for once that we’d chosen Dan as our nominated driver, we wound our way down the narrow lanes in our rented car and set off for a road trip to the Ihlara Valley.  My impression of Turkey as a cultured but economically underdeveloped country was quickly …

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