“Hey, mom, look at the mosque’s tip over there! Can you see the birds flying all around it?” said the little girl, her finger pointing at the mosque. Her name was Nadia and she was in Ioannina with her mother on a three-day vacation, as I heard them explaining to a man next to them. They were on one of the little boats that take you to the little island of Ioannina.

It was a Saturday morning, and I was also on the same boat with a couple of friends from Athens who were visiting. I had planned to show them the little island of my city. Nadia was sitting next to me, and from the way she was jumping… Continue reading →