Mark Phillips' Pages: Workbook: November 2017

Workbook: November, 2017

November 30, 2017: Athens smells of cigarettes and diesel.
November 29, 2017: It was white then, but it's brown now.
November 28, 2017: The one and only time we take an organized tour.
November 27, 2017: God it was such a soap opera.
November 26, 2017: And so we settle down to an Athenian routine.
November 25, 2017: Aloof Americans at other tables.
November 24, 2017: Birthday feast.
November 23, 2017: Lord of the Lion's House of strength
November 22, 2017: I would ask the Oracle, if she lived:
November 21, 2017: Eat, drink, flirt, sleep.
November 20, 2017: Straight through those ten weeks my journals ignore the trip itself...
November 19, 2017: Let's live there.
November 18, 2017: Comfortable hotel, beautiful museum, extraordinary views, unbelievable restaurant.
November 17, 2017: Delphi, January 22, 1980.
November 16, 2017: My traveling companion has a system.
November 15, 2017: Long chat with the intelligent and friendly volunteer at the ticket booth.
November 14, 2017: Travel in Africa when Obama was President:
November 13, 2017: We were all about that kitsch.
November 12, 2017: Tzatziki, black-eyed peas...
November 11, 2017: I'd like to go closer.
November 10, 2017: The buses' air conditioners sound like beehives.
November 9, 2017: "Sheila! I've met some Greeks."
November 8, 2017: Much of the commercialization feels incompetent.
November 7, 2017: Again what hits me hardest is how tiny is the Argive Vale.
November 6, 2017: Sitting on the wall with bread and cookies...
November 5, 2017: No site better illustrates than Mycenae the change of decades.
November 4, 2017: We share the site with an Italian drama class.
November 3, 2017: Khoriatiki.
November 2, 2017: We splurged for hot showers, at the King Otto Hotel.
November 1, 2017: There's context for this lack of precision.