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Daily Archives: March 9, 2012
Byzantium by bus
And so, 30 years after I first conceived the ambition while turning right at Thessaloniki, I came not sailing but on a highway bus (aware, always, of the tyre-tracks of history) to Istanbul-Constantinople-Byzantium. The rain had cleared and we descended … Continue reading
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Tagged Byzantium, church, Greek Orthodox, Islam, Istanbul, mosque, Ottoman, religion, Roman Empire, Thrace, Turkey
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