Greg at Galipoli and Troy

Posted on December 21, 2007

Yesterday marked the 92nd anniversary of the allied retreat from Galipoli. Yesterday was also the first day of Greater Bairam, a celebration of Abraham’s sacrifice of a lamb instead of his son. This meant the locals were to busy sacrificing sheep on the side of the road to take me... [Read More]

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Greg and the Turks

Posted on December 19, 2007

The train for Alexanderop left Athens at the ungodly hour of 6 something yesterday morning. The land scape changed from greens, to greens, oranges, & white then finally to solid white as the train carried me through the mountains. a Greek girl started chatting with me and invited me to... [Read More]

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