Saturday, April 26th, 2008
I just realized why it’s been so hard to find anywhere to buy gyros today: it’s Good Friday, on the Greek Orthodox calendar. I was sitting here, reading my email, when almost the entire population of the island marched past in a street parade, carrying flares, images of Christ, incense burners and various other religious [...]
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
I’ve spent the last day in the Turkish beach town of Bodrum, known in a past life as Halicarnassus. I don’t really enjoy resort towns; English package-tourists everywhere, overpriced everything, not much of actual Turkey. A few blocks off the beach and uphill, however, things improve. I’ve found some cheap restaurants where the proprietor will [...]