Wandering about looking at stuff
Our last section of cycling in Turkey (and on this trip generally) was one of my favourites. The weather was pretty good (spring had arrived). The ruins were insanely impressive. The scenery was spectacular. Not much to dislike really. That said, I will first cover…
… But not necessarily in that order. It finally came time to leave Istanbul. Notwithstanding that (along with some snow) we had some lovely weather during our time in the city, the weather on leaving was a touch more questionable. The trip started rather sedately.…
We spent about a month very happily in Istanbul. Tom started his contract and spent most of each day working, but managed to join me in the late afternoons/evenings for outings and on his days off. I bought a museum card and proceeded to work…
We entered Turkey at Edirne and there were a few things that were notable about it: (i) we had left our final “European” country (even if we had not left the European continent quite yet); and (ii) it felt like a bit of a homecoming…