The imposing facade of the Zographion Greek High School in Pera.
The entrance is artfully decorated with these sphinx reliefs. This institution is the largest and the best of the few Greek high schools that still survive in the City. Since most young Politis Greeks study in Greece these days, the entire school only has about fifty students.
Fourteen years apart: Me at Bodrum's traditional book fair today...
...and in 1997. If you look closely, you can see that I used to be quite an UFO geek when I was younger. Call it an inoculation against bullshit.
Two pieces of my favorite graffiti from Istanbul's streets. The first one is pretty obvious, the second one reads "Thank god I am an atheist!" Pious vandals have tried to remove it, to no avail.
