Cracking. Rain in the skies, rain clouds in the papers. Bye! EasyJet have installed screens…
willsawneyJuly 8, 2012
At every station so far, however remote and deserted, there's been a red-jacketed guard in…
willsawneyJuly 11, 2012
"Jonathan Harker's Diary", 5 May: ... And at last we saw before us the Pass…
willsawneyJuly 13, 2012
Surely this four-carriage train doesn't require five guards. Brasov's citadel is drastically under-utilised. They could…
willsawneyJuly 13, 2012
On the road (or, in my current case, rails) my bag becomes my bestest bud.…
willsawneyJuly 15, 2012
Oh sod it, there goes the Roman alphabet. Better put on my best confused face…
willsawneyJuly 16, 2012
I ask for one ticket to Istanbul, please. First lady: "no ticket", second lady: "no…
willsawneyJuly 18, 2012
Seemingly oblivious of the long queue behind me the Turkish border guard gave me a…
willsawneyJuly 19, 2012
We Brits have done a terrible disservice to the kebab. Here in Istanbul kebabs take…
willsawneyJuly 19, 2012