The route

London to Istanbul

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August 21st 2011
We couldn't afford the Orient Express to Istanbul and, anyway, we wanted to get off along the way and see things. So we came up with a route that takes us to a few places that we want to visit. On September 14th we are off on an odyssey of 12 train rides that will take three weeks, eventually reaching Istanbul. We start on the Eurostar and then whizz along on a 300 km/hour German IC ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more