Not many trains in this post, unfortunately, but a lot of cats
It's February and I have a longer business trip to Turkey
Changing flights in Zurich
This time of the year, the weather is not very reliable, the flight to Izmir was diverted to Antalya due to heavy rain
Luckily it got better some hours later
Izmir cat after the rain storm
As promised, there are many cats in this post
Flying domestic Izmir-Istanbul
My first visit to Istanbul
Cats here as well
I'll try to compensate for the lack of trains with other modes of transport
The iconic Taksim tram line opened in 1871
View from a hotel room in Istanbul
Hyundai Rotem metro in Istanbul
It's hard to understand that there are 16 million people living here
View from the hotel lounge
The Bosphorus Strait is an important sea way between Mediteranian and Black seas, there are three bridges in Istanbul connecting Europe and Asia
Best way to explore Istanbul is by boat, so let's to that
I'm on the asian side now
Haydarpaşa station (Turkish: Haydarpaşa Garı) is a railway station in Istanbul that was, until 2012, the main city terminal for trains to and from Turkey's Anatolian side. It used to be Turkey's busiest railway station. (Its counterpart on the European side of the city was Sirkeci station, which served train services to and from the Thracian side of the country.) The station building still houses the headquarters for District 1 of the State Railways, but since a fire in 2010, the station has not been in use, and its future remains uncertain. (Wikipedia)
Istanbul museum of modern art
Another short domestic trip
Domestic trips are operated with long distance planes as this Dreamliner plane
Visiting Hagia Sophia
Visiting Rumeli Fortress
Some huge ships here
So, at last I got into one train station, but not for long, and not seeing any trains in action
Time to go back home
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