Day 29 - The train to Istanbul

The train ride through Turkey was gorgeous! We slept through the night and in the morning the train was trundling through the mountains, and I mean through. The Turks don't mess around when it comes to trains and mountains - they just go through them. For quite some time we were in tunnels more than we were outside, and when light did come in through the windows it revealed magnificent, steep, craggy valley walls, and the sun was so bright it made every green surface glow! But then only for a moment as we are plunged into the darkness of the mountain again.

A note on the delay

Oh hi!

I've put off writing these last entries because we're actually home now, but I figure it will be good to finally get them posted. So expect a few entries to trickle in until I get to the point at which we're finally back in Vancouver.