Author Archives: billybaba
NOVEMBER 6, MONDAY
NEWS Even here in the peace and quiet of Naousa news of the world seeps in. When I first started taking students to India in 1973, you couldn’t fly to India from Charlotte or even Atlanta. You had to fly
NOVEMBER 6, MONDAY
NEWS Even here in the peace and quiet of Naousa news of the world seeps in. When I first started taking students to India in 1973, you couldn’t fly to India from Charlotte or even Atlanta. You had to fly
NOVEMBER 5, SUNDAY
CALM I am writing this on Tuesday the 7th after taking a couple of days off. I am sitting on a white balcony on a white chair with my iPad in front of me on a white table in the
NOVEMBER 5, SUNDAY
CALM I am writing this on Tuesday the 7th after taking a couple of days off. I am sitting on a white balcony on a white chair with my iPad in front of me on a white table in the
NOVEMBER 4, SATURDAY
GREEK CHURCH SERVICE I was ready for the 40 day celebration of Efi’s mother with my dark sweater on, on a windy day, to look dressed up when Efi called me down the stairs. She drove me and another woman
NOVEMBER 4, SATURDAY
GREEK CHURCH SERVICE I was ready for the 40 day celebration of Efi’s mother with my dark sweater on, on a windy day, to look dressed up when Efi called me down the stairs. She drove me and another woman
NOVEMBER 3, FRIDAY
PEACE I did nothing today except to sit up on the flat roof up a winding staircase with no railing from my room on the second floor. There are comfortable chairs and tables here under a sunshade. I did at
NOVEMBER 3, FRIDAY
PEACE I did nothing today except to sit up on the flat roof up a winding staircase with no railing from my room on the second floor. There are comfortable chairs and tables here under a sunshade. I did at
NOVEMBER 2, THURSDAY
NAOUSA VILLAGE I spent the first morning on my own in my room at my kitchen table and then at the round table on the little white balcony outside my room above the narrow street that Efi’s Rooms is on.
NOVEMBER 2, THURSDAY
NAOUSA VILLAGE I spent the first morning on my own in my room at my kitchen table and then at the round table on the little white balcony outside my room above the narrow street that Efi’s Rooms is on.
NOVEMBER 1, WEDNESDAY
GOODBYE Today we packed up, Tom and Caroline helped me take my things to Efi’s Rooms where I will stay for a month, we had lunch at a seaside cafe and then the ride arrived to take Caroline and Tom
NOVEMBER 1, WEDNESDAY
GOODBYE Today we packed up, Tom and Caroline helped me take my things to Efi’s Rooms where I will stay for a month, we had lunch at a seaside cafe and then the ride arrived to take Caroline and Tom
OCTOBER 31, TUESDAY
GOLDEN BEACH This was Tom and Caroline’s last full day in Naousa. We took it easy with a slow brunch at Regoussis. I had potato strips cooked in a nice sauce with chicken drippings on top and fresh orange juice.
OCTOBER 31, TUESDAY
GOLDEN BEACH This was Tom and Caroline’s last full day in Naousa. We took it easy with a slow brunch at Regoussis. I had potato strips cooked in a nice sauce with chicken drippings on top and fresh orange juice.
OCTOBER 30, MONDAY
FIELD TRIP Today we went to Spanapolous’s car rental place at 9 to pick up our $25 a day rental car. Spanapolous never showed up. We walked back to our apartment at 9:30 and phoned him. He was in the
OCTOBER 30, MONDAY
FIELD TRIP Today we went to Spanapolous’s car rental place at 9 to pick up our $25 a day rental car. Spanapolous never showed up. We walked back to our apartment at 9:30 and phoned him. He was in the
OCTOBER 29, SUNDAY
NAOUSA We were going to rent a low cost rental car today but Mr. Spanapolous said, not today, tomorrow at 9. So we took a day off. Here are some more photographs of Naousa.
OCTOBER 29, SUNDAY
NAOUSA We were going to rent a low cost rental car today but Mr. Spanapolous said, not today, tomorrow at 9. So we took a day off. Here are some more photographs of Naousa.
OCTOBER 28, SATURDAY
OXI DAY Tourists are mostly oblivious to what is happening in the countries they visit. They suddenly find themselves in the middle of a strike or unexpectedly find all the stores closed because it is a national holiday. But we
OCTOBER 28, SATURDAY
OXI DAY Tourists are mostly oblivious to what is happening in the countries they visit. They suddenly find themselves in the middle of a strike or unexpectedly find all the stores closed because it is a national holiday. But we
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 