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Perhaps something is getting lost in translation.
Apparently part of the new metro line that's being constructed to cover my end of town collapsed the other day. something like that. (edit: a really big crane fell, and the wreakage blocked the road that is the primary bus route to the metro for a couple days ( Read more... ) -
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On the quarantine thingy ( Read more... ) -
Much thanks.
Returned to a snow covered Ukraine (aka ICY COLD HELL) at 9:45 last night ( Read more... ) -
crepes filled with chocolate. with baileys. and cookie crumbs.
so, massive crepes oozing chocolate aside, my favorite thing about this place (Crete, Greece) is the continued existence of a siesta break. The majority of the little shops - each devoted to a very specific area of business: belt-making, selling fish, or hookas and antique religious objects, children's shoes - anyhoo. They're all shut down at ( Read more... ) -
"On my 15th birthday I'll run away from home, journey to a far off town,
and live in the corner of a small library."
Read Murakami. Stop whining about how little time you have, and just f'in do it.
So I've been bouncing around a collection of Greek Island paradises for the past few days.
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He became a legend unto himself.
On Turkey ( Read more... ) -
One of those breathing tornados.
Narrowly missed a 6.9 earthquake south of Athens, but I'm told nobody was actually killed by it ( Read more... ) -
So if you've a date in Constantinople...
At 5AM, the call to prayer blaring from the loudspeakers hooked to an ancient minaret knocked us all out of bed ( Read more... )
