Monthly Archives: October 2021
OCTOBER 10, SUNDAY
WANDERING We woke up planning to visit Anteporos, an island seven minute ferry ride from the southern town of Pounta. We figured out the two bus rides and were just taking off when we met Wolfgang, who has the other
OCTOBER 10, SUNDAY
WANDERING We woke up planning to visit Anteporos, an island seven minute ferry ride from the southern town of Pounta. We figured out the two bus rides and were just taking off when we met Wolfgang, who has the other
OCTOBER 9, SATURDAY
NAOUSA So today we are going to AnteParos, a two part bus and ferry trip both ways. And if we get stuck anywhere we can look around. But we should be prepared when we get to the bus station. Yesterday
OCTOBER 9, SATURDAY
NAOUSA So today we are going to AnteParos, a two part bus and ferry trip both ways. And if we get stuck anywhere we can look around. But we should be prepared when we get to the bus station. Yesterday
OCTOBER 8, THURSDAY
THE WINE DARK SEA, THE AEGEAN Susie arrived three hours late caused partly by an overbooking on her American Airlines flight from New York to Athens. To pass the time I ordered calamari, squid, and this time it was laid
OCTOBER 8, THURSDAY
THE WINE DARK SEA, THE AEGEAN Susie arrived three hours late caused partly by an overbooking on her American Airlines flight from New York to Athens. To pass the time I ordered calamari, squid, and this time it was laid
OCTOBER 7, WEDNESDAY
ATHENS Finally I am over jetlag enough to take a photograph of my dinner tonight and of the restaurant in which I ate. I am beginning to come to life again after being bleary eyed and numb with tiredness for
OCTOBER 7, WEDNESDAY
ATHENS Finally I am over jetlag enough to take a photograph of my dinner tonight and of the restaurant in which I ate. I am beginning to come to life again after being bleary eyed and numb with tiredness for
OCTOBER 5, TUESDAY
ARRIVING A two hour ride to Charlotte yesterday with Todd and Susie, with a stop in Hickory at the Taj Indian restaurant for a very good lunch of puries and Rogan Josh with so much food that I ate it
OCTOBER 5, TUESDAY
ARRIVING A two hour ride to Charlotte yesterday with Todd and Susie, with a stop in Hickory at the Taj Indian restaurant for a very good lunch of puries and Rogan Josh with so much food that I ate it
OCTOBER 4, MONDAY
LEAVING TODAY The transition from one place to another is always dislocating. It is so hard to cope with the feeling that you are comfortably in one place where everything is normal, to suddenly being on the other side of
OCTOBER 4, MONDAY
LEAVING TODAY The transition from one place to another is always dislocating. It is so hard to cope with the feeling that you are comfortably in one place where everything is normal, to suddenly being on the other side of
OCTOBER 3, SUNDAY
NHT So what do I write about when nothing happened yesterday? My little brother Ted who died eight years ago kept a journal at the age of 8 which he kept in his fantasy fort between the roots of a
OCTOBER 3, SUNDAY
NHT So what do I write about when nothing happened yesterday? My little brother Ted who died eight years ago kept a journal at the age of 8 which he kept in his fantasy fort between the roots of a
OCTOBER 2, SATURDAY
BEING ROBBED I‘ve been robbed a number of times on trips. This is the first time I have been robbed, or robbery attempted, I will find out, while sitting right here in my living room preparing for the trip. For
OCTOBER 2, SATURDAY
BEING ROBBED I‘ve been robbed a number of times on trips. This is the first time I have been robbed, or robbery attempted, I will find out, while sitting right here in my living room preparing for the trip. For
OCTOBER 1, FRIDAY
FOOD I am looking forward to the food in Greece, particularly the seafood, but nothing could be more exotic or more of a cross-cultural experience than the Ostrich carpaccio, thinly sliced raw ostrich with greens, followed up by char-grilled octopus
OCTOBER 1, FRIDAY
FOOD I am looking forward to the food in Greece, particularly the seafood, but nothing could be more exotic or more of a cross-cultural experience than the Ostrich carpaccio, thinly sliced raw ostrich with greens, followed up by char-grilled octopus
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 