Well, I've been off line since my Wednesday morning. I have been almost apoplectic but, really, why?!!! I am so used to being instantly connected to news, email, and now, when he is away in his Prague office, to Steve on IM in his office!!! But I've been doing much more reading than ever!!! And there's always CNN, which shows the same news over and over and over and over :-) . I walked out this morning to explore a bit more and found a gorgeous crisp day, the best we've had in 4 days here, tho I barely got back, as I got weak-legged (my knee buckles) after only 1 1/2 hours out. But proud that I got back, as I took a slightly different route and felt lost for a minute! And I have to add that in my 4 days of walking around I have seen one wheelchair, one elderly man with a cane and one young man with forearm crutches for an apparent broken leg. I think the reason I have so rarely seen "crips" in Europe
The cobbles on the street that eat my shoes
Steve came back to the hotel at lunchtime and finally figured out that it was NOT the hotel's wireless fault but my damn computer's wireless card!! And he has now bought me a wireless hub that can be plugged into my USB port, which should have m up and running for our whole Antalya trip. I'll post this my Thursday evening, when he gets back.
Speaking of CNN, I don't have CNN at home but it's not as international in the states as it is in Europe/Asia, is it? Because I get all of my news normally from Google, I'm not used to all these "in-depth" stories about e.g. Pakistan/Bush's (ex?) best friend Musharaf's state of emergency, the school shooting in Finland, news of Japan, and even the fabulous ads for Greece, Montenegro, Tunisia and even Turkish airlines. They all seem so exotic and culturally diverse. I just watched an interesting piece about "gat," a drug-like leaf chewed in Lebanon, (story was in Beirut) , for at least 8 centuries and is seen by many as the cause of umm, ongoing malaise in the general population.
Here's a funny note and you'll be glad you read to the end: I could get no email at all yesterday so couldn't respond but at lunch today when Steve brought home his computer so I could check my gmail account, I found a mail from our Boy from aBroad, Mark Harfenist! He was letting me know that he was taking a train to Prague today (from where, Mark?) to catch a plane to Stockholm and would have ONE hour, could we try to meet up!? Now, had I actually gotten his email in time, I doubt I could have figured out how to get to him anyway, but wouldn't that have been a fabulous picture!!??
Off to Turkey tomorrow.
The cobbles on the street that eat my shoes
Steve came back to the hotel at lunchtime and finally figured out that it was NOT the hotel's wireless fault but my damn computer's wireless card!! And he has now bought me a wireless hub that can be plugged into my USB port, which should have m up and running for our whole Antalya trip. I'll post this my Thursday evening, when he gets back.
Speaking of CNN, I don't have CNN at home but it's not as international in the states as it is in Europe/Asia, is it? Because I get all of my news normally from Google, I'm not used to all these "in-depth" stories about e.g. Pakistan/Bush's (ex?) best friend Musharaf's state of emergency, the school shooting in Finland, news of Japan, and even the fabulous ads for Greece, Montenegro, Tunisia and even Turkish airlines. They all seem so exotic and culturally diverse. I just watched an interesting piece about "gat," a drug-like leaf chewed in Lebanon, (story was in Beirut) , for at least 8 centuries and is seen by many as the cause of umm, ongoing malaise in the general population.
Here's a funny note and you'll be glad you read to the end: I could get no email at all yesterday so couldn't respond but at lunch today when Steve brought home his computer so I could check my gmail account, I found a mail from our Boy from aBroad, Mark Harfenist! He was letting me know that he was taking a train to Prague today (from where, Mark?) to catch a plane to Stockholm and would have ONE hour, could we try to meet up!? Now, had I actually gotten his email in time, I doubt I could have figured out how to get to him anyway, but wouldn't that have been a fabulous picture!!??
Off to Turkey tomorrow.
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