Tag: turkey
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Optima Express – The Austria to Turkey train!
With a scheduled journey time of 31 hours and 31 minutes and around 1400km it is one of the longest regularly scheduled trains in Europe. It runs from Villach in the South of Austria to Edirne just over the border with Turkey. So obviously that sounds like something that needs to be ridden! This is…
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The trip to İzmit – no, not İzmir
İzmit is a weird place. A city so close to İstanbul but one that is unknown for many. This was exactly the reason me and a few friends decided to take the leap into the unknown and discover this place. İzmit is one of the better connected cities in Turkey, thanks to its proximity to…