Introversion and Eggplants
It occurred to me that I'm sending a lot of time in transit. Today, I sent about 5 hours on boats (and that was the fast service), plus getting to/from stations and waiting for transfers, it took about 9h total. I guess part of it was also having to go through immigration on both sides of the water. Part of me enjoys it--at least when I'm on the open deck. It's a good chance to collect and reflect, and it's not a weird circumstance for me to be alone (compared with being in a restaurant). But then I also feel like maybe I'm wasting time. I don't know.

Anyway, I'm now in Selçuk, Turkey, my jumping off oint for Ephesus (Efes) in the morning.

I had an amazing aubergine salad tonight. There was oil & vinegar, parsely, garlic, and peppers. There was more, but I couldn't pick it out. And I don't know if the eggplants were pre-cooked, but they were so deliciously fleshy. As someone who usually dislikes eggplant, I don't know why I haven't been eating Turkish all my life (I know that didn't really make sense). Or Greek, for that matter.

Okay, bugs are killing me. Must shower. Resume later.

Labels: bar trip

- posted by roger @ 10:06 PM