In the summer of 1982 I took my first flight to Greece. I was sitting in a starboard window seat reading a new travel guide, the first edition of the first Rough Guide by Mark Ellingham, when the clouds below cleared.
We were high over a confusion of jagged sharp crystals. The Alps were scattered below us and far into the distant haze. Continue reading
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