Cairo seems beyond belief. Then again, any city that tattoos minorities, leaves thousands to bed down on the streets, dresses in nightshirts and unzipped trousers, brews tea from canals, and is thick with tricksters, disbelief becomes the only reasonable Western response.
I arrive on the African Continent. Cairo is a shock to my senses. Flying in, I could see the Nile Delta, beautiful green expanse becoming browner as we came to Cairo. What seemed longest runway in the world. In long drive from airport, one sees everything. The roads are packed with close relatives to Israeli bus drivers (I just arrived from Israel and their drivers are nuts.) Taxis honk and zoom in and out of traffic. Two kinds of drivers and pedestrians here: agile and dead. No such thing as a traffic lane.
We explore warmer climes and ancient ruins, Greek myths and its heroes. The Peloponnese where ancient history, dramatic landscapes, and modern Greek life exist side by side with the likes of Oedipus, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Hercules.
I also read Sisyphus ruled here, BBBB (Before Budging Big Boulder).
DATELINE: METEORA, GREECE Farmers determined – Reinforcing the blockades and escalating protests. Every day, the network of farmers’ blockades across Greece grows wider. Site production costs and the low prices of essential agricultural products as their concerns. Yesterday, farmers from Trikala set up a blockade on the E65 motorway at Read more
