Ithaka Bound

The old man and the sea

About ten minutes into the trip down the Apollo coast, an old man boarded the bus and asked if he could have the seat next to mine.  I smiled at him and moved my bags onto my lap.
“Vous etes francaise?” he asked me.
“No, ” I replied in french.  “I’m American, but I speak a little [...]

Cape Sounion and the Temple of Poseidon

Place me on Sunium’s marbled steep,
Where nothing save the waves and I,
May hear our mutual murmur’s sweep…
–Byron
The video is super shaky…sorry if you get seasick.

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