Dragging my father by train to Constantinople. Unfortunately due to Eurostar being a complete rip off it was cheaper to start our trip by plane to Paris from Southampton. I should have been wise to the fact that the French would strike and therefore we are delayed 2 hours or so. Clearly a French plot to shaft the English but we feel unfairly treated as I am Welsh and Dad is Irish.
We are about to set off on an exciting 2 week tour of Europe on the train. We leave Paris tonight (if we get there) on the old Orient Express to Vienna, an overnight train. We have a few nights there and then we hop our way on more overnight trains through France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and then finally Turkey. We are stopping off along the way in all the key cities as well as a 2 night stay in Brasov in the Transylvania Alps. The highlight I believe will be the final 3 days in Istanbul, a city that bridges East and Western cultures.
We are still deciding what the overriding theme to the trip will be, photography or food and drink, I think we should be trying to eat the most unusual local dish in each country so secretly hoping for Otter Tripe, Marsciano Bear Goulash and the classic Turkish cocktail "Bloodshot Smoothie", consisting of blended sheep's eyes and tomato juice and vodka.
Bring it on.......hope the old man can last the distance......already asleep at Southampton and we haven't left yet!
We are about to set off on an exciting 2 week tour of Europe on the train. We leave Paris tonight (if we get there) on the old Orient Express to Vienna, an overnight train. We have a few nights there and then we hop our way on more overnight trains through France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and then finally Turkey. We are stopping off along the way in all the key cities as well as a 2 night stay in Brasov in the Transylvania Alps. The highlight I believe will be the final 3 days in Istanbul, a city that bridges East and Western cultures.We are still deciding what the overriding theme to the trip will be, photography or food and drink, I think we should be trying to eat the most unusual local dish in each country so secretly hoping for Otter Tripe, Marsciano Bear Goulash and the classic Turkish cocktail "Bloodshot Smoothie", consisting of blended sheep's eyes and tomato juice and vodka.
Bring it on.......hope the old man can last the distance......already asleep at Southampton and we haven't left yet!
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