The Bracelet Sellers

7th August, 2013 “Hey, what’s your problem? I only said you are beautiful – it’s a compliment!” Three guys are selling bracelets by the sea shore. They have a sophisticated sales technique: wolf-whistle at passing women, slip a bracelet quickly onto their wrist, then coo and ahh at them until they buy one.  He grabs…

Fylakio

17th – 19th December Where Athens ends, the snow begins. I am with a group of fourteen other people going north, north, north on the sleeper train to Thessaloniki. I join the others in the “party cabin,” doing the train version of ‘how many people can you fit in a mini?’ with plastic ‘happy birthday’…