Classic ports of the Orient

Speaking of travelling (at least a continuous underlying theme here) I MUST show you the train stations of Istanbul!

First is the inside of Sirkeci, by the Golden Horn on the European shore. I still haven't figured out if this was actually where the Orient Express from Paris came in, because it's location does not make sense to me with the supposed carrying of passengers in litters to Pera Palas.



And this is Haydarpasha on the Anatolian side of the Bosphorus. I frequently from a distance confuse the barracks and military hospital of the same name with the station, though. Close up there is no question.