Ankara to Kars on the Doğu Express – the longest train.
“The train follows the river Euphrates for some of the journey and that brought back memories of learning ancient history in school and how civilisation started in the Euphrates valley, but obviously downstream from here and into Syria and Iraq. On occasion I could hear the river rushing downstream when the train was quieter or had stopped en route.”
Flags in the real world. A flag post.
I feel a little sad that my childhood love of flags has become so tarnished and I really wish I could get back to seeing them with a neutral eye, but there is no going back.