Notes from the Aegean
Ferry timetables as a way of life
Demo episode for Notes from the Aegean.
Notes from the Aegean
Demo episode for Notes from the Aegean.
Transcript
ProducerYou keep the old timetables.
NikosFifteen years of them. My wife thinks it is an illness.
ProducerWhat do they tell you?
NikosWhat the island expected of itself that year. You can see a place decide it wants tourists — the boats move an hour later and suddenly there is a Sunday service.
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ProducerAnd when it goes the other way?
NikosThe Sunday goes first. Then the second Tuesday. Nobody announces it.
ProducerDo people complain?
NikosA timetable is a promise made by people who have never met the weather. You learn not to take it personally.
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