Riders and writers home in on Chios
September 28, 2006
Plenty of people on the move at Chios Rooms this last week. A young Italian couple, chilling out after weeks of travelling round Turkey in their old van were followed by Mike Carter, freelance writer for The Observer. He’s taken a three months journey through Europe on his BMW bike from Norway via Eastern Europe to Mount Ararat and beyond. No easy ride, so I wasn’t surprised he wanted to spend a half day out of the saddle!
He wasn’t the only writer though, as we had Dimitrio from California with his wife and 15 month old daughter on a sabbatical to write short stories and Ian Harford from the UK, who’s just had his book, Digital nations in the making published on adult education and new technologies.
Maybe it’s time for us to run a creative writing course here next year. After all Homer, one of the greatest poets in the western world is reputed to have lived and taught up the road in Vrondadhos in the 8th century BC, so there must be something about the place!
