Istanbul
Batumi to Dublin, via Istanbul
The last day always arrives like a thief — not with the clamour of a border crossing or the solemnity of a mountain pass, but with the quiet inevitability of an airport departure lounge. Batumi International Airport is a modest building of glass and faded ambitions, a liminal space where sea-salted dreams meet the fluorescent lights of [...]
Istanbul to Ankara – Heat Hammams and the Long Night Train
Istanbul overwhelms in a way few cities can. It is not merely a place but a collision of histories, a palimpsest of empires where every street corner seems to whisper in a dozen tongues. Lorena and I left our bags with Radical Storage near Sirkeci, free for a day of wandering before the night train east. The city struck us first with its [...]