Lookıng Back

One of the pleasures of travel is that you can look back on yourself wıth benefit of perspective. I have been told that one of the admirable traits of the British is scepticism. We do not accept what our government, institutions or even other people say without questioning. Apparently, we like to seek out the truth or the facts to form our own opinion. Well, at least that was what I was told. But don´t just take my word for it.

p.s. I tried out such scepticism on the bus across Turkey last night. I took my shoes off, like you do on aircraft, but the elderly male steward took exception to this. (He looked like the tall one in that weird twosome who sang ,"This Town Aıin`t Begin Enough for the Both of Us" - most apposite). I pointed out that the feet did not smell. But he was having none of it. Scepticism nearly got me thrown off the bus.