Greek words to remember for today: yasu/yasas (Hello) andio (Goodbye) sas efkharisto (Thank you) signome (Excuse me) milate anglika? (Do you speak English?) 18:37 We changed trains in Kyparissia and are now on a smaller commuter train to Kalamata. This last leg cuts across the Peloponnese, leaving the coastline behind and skirting some tree-covered mountains […]
4pm Location: onboard the Patras-Kalamata train, just past Kavissila. It’s a beautiful day, and I’m getting a good introduction to the ways and tempos of Greece. The train I’m on is ancient but clean, winding down the west coast of the Poloponnesian Peninsula, past vineyards and orchards of oranges and lemons. The country seems on […]
Monday, April 22, 2002 12:28 Weather: Sunny, scattered cloud, slightly hazy, warm. Location: On the deck of the Superfast II, arriving in Patras. A wonderful crossing. I’ve never been a big fan of ferries, and have been frequently queasy on 1-2 hour crossings (e.g. Spain-Morocco), so I had some trepidation about a 16 hour overnight […]
Location: Onboard Superfast II ferry, anchored in Bari. Weather: Partly cloudy. A long, fairly tedious day, but ending according to plan. I got up early, had a cold show (not by choice – the water heater seems to have packed it in), a light breakfast, and was off to the train station. I managed to […]
Saturday, April 20, 2002 13:15 Weather: Gorgeous, not too hot, sunny Location: Lava-blu laundramat, Rome A spectacular day, but I’ve got a lot of travel to do starting tomorrow morning to get to Greece, so I’m concentrating on errands today. Laundry, booking travel arrangements, and (hopefully) getting a haircut — and maybe a nice wander […]
Moab Is My Washpot, by Stephen Fry. An autobiography of his first 30 years, Moab is at times annoyingly self-indulgent and otherwise brilliant. In case the reader had any doubts, Fry convincingly demonstrates the qualities of a well-educated man of words, with a heavy dose of self-destruction and pathos, but enough self-awareness to take the […]
Friday, April 19, 2002 15:00 Weather: Warm and sunny, hurray! Location: Internet café off Piazza Venezia, Rome Oh dear, lots to get caught up on! How did this happen? Back to Wednesday… Wednesday, April 17 I got up, packed up, had a little of the breakfast Marina had left out for me Tuesday night (a […]
No time to finish to posts now… The internet café is closing and kicking me out. Paul, thanks for your summary!
Note from Paul Tuesday, April 16, 2002, 7:00 am (EST) Location: Brooklyn, New York This is a brief summary of the rest of my trip in Spain, from Kelly’s flight back to Toronto on Tuesday, April 9 until my departure on Sunday, April 14. (Kelly’s description of our trip to Santiago de Compostela, after the […]
20:05 Location: in front of the church in Civita’s square It’s 8pm, and Civita is closing its doors and going home. There are a few residents here–at least, lights on in a few houses suggest there are–but the streets are, for the moment, occupied only by the last of the film crew to pack up […]