Saturday, May 11 12:57 Weather: Partly cloudy, hazy, windy but warm. Location: Millennium lounge, Istanbul airport. I’m on my way… Had a nice morning this morning doing a double-time tour through the Imperial Palace. I think I saw all of the stuff that comes with the basic entry charge, and clearly didn’t have time to […]
7:14pm I’ve having a hell of a time trying to type properly. After the hammam visit (which was WONDERFUL) I feel a little shaky… A great way to spend the last day. The boat trip was relaxing, and there were indeed some impressive views of palaces and castles on either side. From the far end, […]
Friday, May 10, 2002 10:25 Weather: Cool, scattered cloud. Location: Onboard a ferry boat, aboout to leave on a cruise of the Bosphorus. I had a great evening yesterday with Jean and Oliver. After dinner we decided to go to a jazz bar in Beyoglu. We walked there, which took quite a while, past Eminonu, […]
Thursday, May 9, 2002 20:36 Weather: High cloud, lots of sun, cool. Location: Rooftop patio of the Hotel Antique, SW of the Blue Mosque, Istanbul. I met a Canadian and a Singaporean travelling through Turkey together, Oliver & Jean, and suggested we meet later for a drink. When we got together, they suggested going back […]
Wednesday, May 8, 2002 15:02 Weather: Partly cloudy. Hah! News to report at last! Location: Upper Gallery, Aya Sofya, Istanbul. Having paid 15,000,000 TLR to enter Aya Sofya and another 15,000,000 to get access to the Upper Galleries, I’m in no hurry to leave. This is a strangely haunted building, with little artificial light so […]
Tuesday, May 7, 2002 18:42 Weather: Warm & sunny, nice breeze. Location: Ephesus restaurant, Selcuk. A good day! I got a lot done. After a comfortable night at the Barim Pension, I enjoyed a sit down (on the floor cushion) breakfast and headed out. I picked up a map at the nearby tourist office, and […]
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 […]