20:37 Location: Ejder Restaurant in Selcuk, Turkey I like Turkey already. It feels like the rules–and the prices–are being invented moment-to-moment, like my 4,000,000 TLR meal (salad normally 1,000,000, for you 500,000…) and my 22,000,000 bus ticket to Istanbul tomorrow night, arranged within 10 minutes of my arrival in Selcuk, possibly even more efficient than […]
Monday, May 6, 2002 10:30 Weather: Hot & sunny. I’m going to have to leave this section out, in future: no news to report. Location: Aolis hotel cafe, Vathi, Samos. Well, I’ve pretty much had enough time in Greece. I’m ready to move on. I’ve check out of the hostel, dumped my pack at the […]
Sunday, May 5, 2002 14:31 Weather: The clouds burned off, so it’s sunny again! Location: Vathi harbourfront restaurant Happy Easter! Happy holiday… when everything in Greece is shut. No travelling for me today… Last night after a good dinner (which ended with a complementary creme caramel — I was the restaurant’s only guest, pre-festivities) I […]
Saturday, May 4, 2002 18:17 Weather: Hot & sunny, boringly. Location: Outdoor cafe outside the Vathi Archaeological Museum, Samos. A week today, I’ll be heading home! It’s almost hard to believe. But the timing is good… Even though I’m really enjoying the Greek islands, I’m really starting to miss my friends, my family, my cat […]
Thursday, May 2, 2002 11:50 Weather: Hot & sunny. Location: Internet cafe, Parikia. I had a fun evening with Megan and Kirsten, my Australian neighbours in the hostel. We started with dinner in small restaurant opposite the water: fried zucchini balls, giant beans, and stuffed vine leaves for appetizers, shrimp saganaki as an entree, a […]
19:40 Location: Back in Parikia at the Internet cafe. Just a quick note: I think I got sunburned today, despite the SPF 30 sunscreen… Should have bought the hat BEFORE the hike, not after, I guess… Ooops! Dinner tonight with the Australians. Off to Naxos tomorrow, where I hope to catch a Good Friday service… […]
17:40 Location: Kolimvythres beach, near Noussa, northern Paros. I got off the bus in Lefkes, a pretty village near the centre of the island, and headed upwards following a sign to Parikia. It led under some trees, which were a brief welcome break from the sun, but soon came out at the main road again, […]
Wednesday, May 1, 2002 12:17 Weather: Hot, partly cloudy, windy. Location: On top of a hill, on a rock by the Moni Agiou Antoniou (monastery). The ferry was a bit late arriving, but Mike was still there, waiting to greet me. He drove us the short distance to the second of his two hostels, and […]
Tuesday, April 30, 2002 16:24 Weather: Hot & sunny. Location: Highspeed 4 ferry from Piraeus to Paros. By common agreement after a conversation with other travellers, Pascale and I both decided to skip Athens and head straight to the Greek islands from Nafplion. I’ve got 6 days scheduled: 2 each for Paros, Naxos and Samos, […]
Monday, April 29, 2002 12:33 Weather: Warm & sunny. Location: The theatre of Epidaurus. With a spectacular backdrop of a forested valley, imposing hills, and the pale blue sky, a seat at the top of the 15,000 capacity amphitheatre (cut into the hillside) provides many advantages. Not the least of these is the chance to […]