WILD FIG TREE

There’s something about bazaars that speaks to a time before supermarkets and shopping malls. A time when going to buy cheese or a pair of shoes might have involved hitching a ride with a neighbor, or taking the bus to the next town over. When “going…

The Cappadocian Greeks were one of several Greek-speaking communities who lived for centuries in what is now central Turkey—part of a broader group known as the Asia Minor Greeks. In essence the Asia Minor Greeks stayed and kept their culture, langua…

The Lake of Giannitsa—historically known as Loudias Lake—was once a vast, shallow marshland in Central Macedonia, fed by the Loudias River. For generations, the area was infamous for its dense wetlands, referred to locally as Borboros(meaning &#…

The village of Agrosykia is where my father was born, and it is my most and best memories of Greece as well as my family’s home base Greece. In Greek the name means Wild Fig Tree. But it wasn’t always named, Agrosykia, in fact, it acquire…

Some landmarks stay with you—not because they’re especially grand or famous, but because they were part of the scenery of your life. The Giannitsa Clock Tower is one of those for me. I remember it clearly from my childhood. It was a distinct landmark…

In july of 2008 my father and I visited the village of Cukuryurt, known as Tchouhouri. See pictures on Flickr. Here is the intro of my written account: Tchouhouri, Cappadocia, Turkey, July 2008 We have been travelling on the windy roads of the Turkis…