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A biographer of Lev Tolstoy (1828-1910) faces more questions than a novelist: Can he or she recount Tolstoy's early years – so well described in his novella "Childhood" – in the same detail? Is it necessary to narrate the last year of his life, already so well documented by himself, his family, his friends, and onlookers? Is his difficult marriage – so fully covered by the testimony of the couple and their children and their friends and dramatized in various ways in his fiction – able to be presented in all its partisan confusion? Finally, given that Tolstoy evokes his own life and the lives of his fictional creations so vividly and deeply, how can a mere biographer compete?
"From the outset, Tolstoy conducted his self-analysis on the page," notes Rosamund Bartlett in Tolstoy: A Russian Life. Bartlett, a Russophile Brit, Chekhov expert, and translator, is referring here to Tolstoy's diaries, which he wrote in fits and starts with years-long gaps, but she really should be referring to his fiction, where Tolstoy lays himself out in mesmerizing super-consciousness: Tolstoy is never greater or bigger than when he's creating.
His art usually transcended his tremendous and sometimes bullying intellect; critics and philosophers, however, love to show how they've out-thunk Tolstoy and show up what they believe are his mistaken ideas and his character flaws, but nobody has ever out-created him or dramatized a deeper consciousness. It's easy to condescend to Tolstoy if you don't take him at full-power, which is as an artist, the creator of the most extraordinary fiction in literature.
There have been plenty of good biographies of Tolstoy, though not for a while. Some are by people who knew him (Aylmer Maude and Tolstoy's youngest daughter Alexandra) and others by people who didn't (Ernest Simmons and Viktor Shklovsky). Yet they continually give us the sense that Tolstoy is the best presenter of Tolstoy. They trust that his own words and actions reveal him. The biographers who want to interpret and subsume our perceptions of him, including Henri Troyat and the abominable A. N. Wilson, have a lot of gall.
So Bartlett – a good, lively writer – introduces the book with an engaging overview of Tolstoy's life and concludes with an interesting review of his posthumous influence on the Russian Revolution and the consequent Soviet suppression of his followers. Not unusually for a biographer, Bartlett seems to have wearied of her subject by the time she finished assembling her materials and rereading his fiction, and she's much less taken with Tolstoy as a revelatory artist than she is by his extraordinary and unique social and political influence. While Bartlett's Tolstoy is less a person than a phenomenon, there are several warm spots in the biography, and several aspects I'd never known or appreciated.
For one, Bartlett presents the long-overlooked sibling, Tolstoy's sister Masha, who, we learn, left her husband, went abroad, had a baby with another man, and later became a nun. Tolstoy doesn't seem to have ever scolded her for living Anna Karenina's life and not throwing herself under a train. He himself was going to see her on his own final train ride. In the wake of Alexandra Popoff's recent biography of Tolstoy's wife Sophia and Michael Hoffman's fine movie of Tolstoy's painful last year, Bartlett also does a real service in making, of all people, Tolstoy's secretary and disciple Vladimir Chertkov – whom nobody I've ever read liked (except Tolstoy) – likable and admirable.
"… it was in Vladimir Chertkov, who came to visit Tolstoy in Moscow in October 1883, that he found his greatest kindred spirit and most devoted disciple. From this point until Tolstoy's death Chertkov would occupy an ever more important role in his life as his closest friend and partner in their shared mission to disseminate what they saw as true Christianity." Like Sophia Tolstoy, I had enjoyed despising Chertkov – but now I can't, and I'm the better for it: "Chertkov had found his messiah and Tolstoy had found the confidant he had longed for."
Bartlett also does a good job of narrating the development in the 1870s of Tolstoy's "Azbuka," an ABC book and reader for children, which he devoted himself to revising at the expense of delaying the serial publication of "Anna Karenina" (the writing of which was an almost constant grind and struggle). But, depressingly, Bartlett can't discuss any of Tolstoy's fiction with any interest. It's as if she were working from second-hand notes – not of the novels but of somebody else's ideas about them.
"Toinette's general view, that one should hate the crime, but not the person, was essentially Tolstoy's, and holds the key to why 'Anna Karenina' is one of the most compelling and complex literary characters ever created." Bartlett is offering tour-chatter here; that's not the key.
She simply dashes through the last years of Tolstoy's life (tour's over!), as if those years are not in themselves illustrative again of his character. She dedicates the last 10 percent of the "life" to discussing his posthumous influence on the forgotten Tolstoyans of the Soviet era. Tolstoyans had the audacity to believe in individual conscience, independent communities, and pacifism – all prosecutable offenses. They, unlike their hero, were trying to follow his proscriptions about food, sex, and conflict. Tolstoy himself, however, was never a Tolstoyan; he was too vigorous a thinker and too physically active to bind himself to yesteryear's resolutions. He never wanted ideological followers; he thought they were mentally deficient. He made himself write boldly and clearly and then would decide if he still agreed with himself. His real followers have always been readers and every novelist of manners and morals, war and peace, love and hatred, among them his younger friend, the short-story master Anton Chekhov.
With Tolstoy – unlike Thoreau or Lincoln or Chekhov – his letters and journals do not give us the great man. If we want Tolstoy the man there's no substitute for a thorough familiarity with his fiction. If we can't learn about Tolstoy and marriage from "Anna Karenina" and "The Kreutzer Sonata," if we can't learn about Tolstoy's deepest very mixed feelings about warfare from "War and Peace" and "Hadji Murad" and decide only to listen to his public pronouncements, we're leaving out of account the artist who gave himself personal insight through his fiction, the one who makes us feel he knows our consciousness better than we know it ourselves. Tolstoy is the greatest artist of fiction who ever lived, and if that doesn't put us in our place as readers and biographers, what does?
His political and religious influence after the 1880s was enormous, but he would have had no influence at all had he not been an unprecedentedly tremendous artist.
Whenever he tried to get sex, war, and religion sorted out in polemical articles and stories – we know because he tells us and shows us elsewhere – he has left out something of his feelings or knowledge. In most of his fiction and narrative writing, he doesn't leave out anything; he discovers everything any one person has ever been able to dramatize about human consciousness. He was the most complete and conscious person who ever lived.
As for what the "A Russian Life" subtitle is supposed to suggest, I have no idea. Tolstoy was no more typically Russian than he was typically human. There has been exactly, let's calculate … one of him. There is no non-Russian Tolstoy. There have been millions of Russians and billions of earthlings, but there's only been one Tolstoy. His artistic creations extend his biography; this means, if you don't know Anna Karenina, his greatest character, you don't know him. Anna's reality, down to her fingertips, is as real as we're going to know anybody on this planet, and the anybody who created her should be the awe-inspiring, inconsistent, infuriating, incredible subject of this biography. His public moments and social influence make him seem almost just another great man.
Bob Blaisdell edited "Tolstoy as Teacher" and "Tolstoy's Classic Tales and Fables for Children."


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interview with p. adams sitney found in scott macdonald's a critical cinema 4 - university of california press - 2005
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- Daniel Kasman said...
- October 2, 2009 at 1:34 PM
- the art of memory said...
- October 2, 2009 at 1:51 PM
- socalled somebody said...
but a bit funny innit that the quote is itself published by uc press ... ; )
- October 2, 2009 at 11:25 PM
- the art of memory said...
the most guilty
- October 3, 2009 at 10:27 AM
- socalled somebody said...
Just depends what you're looking for I guess. I hear they have a great sound art class over @ UCB. ; ) Don't know much about film departments in Universities, but however fucked up Universities might be, I still think they're *potentially* more interesting than the world of commerce. Don't know what your experience has been of late, with the cd, etc., but I'm definitely finding that non-commercial no-strings attached art-capital is harder to come by. Ideals are getting harder to eat by the minute. And then there's the academy. But, of course, it's getting harder and harder to eat on what they pay lecturers, too. So hopefully starving isn't going to be all that bad. Hope you guys are doing well. cheers, chris kubick
- October 3, 2009 at 11:46 AM
- the art of memory said...
hey chris,
the sitney quote comes after him saying that the avant-garde film-makers of today are not publishing anything really (compared to the old days) on this kind of film, that there are few or no magazines and sites dealing with experimental film. i would say this is not true with "sound art" where there are many folks now documenting it, and classes like yours and charles boone's at the art institute, although he was just fired... i think this is one of the reason sound art is so interesting now.
also not true with narrative film, where there are so many great online journals and blogs and dvds galore with extra features.
my impression of many universities teaching film is you end up reading all that nonsense instead of actually watching film (and gaining a closeness to works that comes from repeated viewings). but yes, there is potential i hope? i had great experiences studying film, and had great teachers....
- October 3, 2009 at 12:34 PM
- grasprelease said...
I wish the films in question were easier to see, even in less-than-optimal circumstances. Sound artists have provided the public with a large quantity of audiovisual material, long before there was much writing easily available on the subject; installations may be more interesting than uncontrolled dissemination via cd/dvd-a (much less via compressed and de-contextualized content, i.e. mp3 etc, treated "as music", even even as that...), but it's so much easier to strap on headphones and at the very least get the idea of what a sound artist might be up to, than to get one's hands on so much of the important work from the (recent) history of experimental film/video, including work being done now. I am, I hope, simply out of touch; I don't formally teach or study the subject. But of course French theory has disseminated faster and further than the material (i.e. avant-garde cinema) in question. Where is the infrastructure for the work being shown and seen? Is it not the case that there just aren't affordable DVDs, and labels for such, that make this material easier to experience?
- November 22, 2009 at 10:17 PM
- the art of memory said...
if you attend a school that has an experimental film program, or live in new york city, you can get to know this work.
maybe a few other cities, paris?
otherwise, forget about it.
my dream with the invisible birds label is to issue classic avant'garde films, but that would mean getting grants and all that stuff, maybe in the future.
- November 23, 2009 at 10:17 AM


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FAIRFIELD, CT (April 6, 2005) - The Hofstra University men's lacrosse team scored five-straight goals to start the game and led 11-4 at the half en route to a 14-10 win at Sacred Heart Wednesday afternoon. The #19 ranked Pride got four goals from Athan Ianucci as they improve to 4-6 overall and earn their first Colonial Athletic Association win of the season. The Pioneers fall to 4-5 with their fourth-straight loss and 0-2 in league play.
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SHU's Kiel Adams (Rome, NY) snapped the streak with an unassisted tally at 5:54 but Hofstra came right back and made it 5-1 on a Rob Bonaguro score from Lucas. Adams scored again, this time man-up, with 1:35 left in the quarter but Hofstra once again had an answer as Tim Treubig notched his eighth goal of the year, again from Lucas.
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After a late second quarter goal cut the lead to 11-4 at the half, the Pioneers came out determined in the second half to claw their way back into the game. SHU opened the half with goals by freshman Tony Tanzi (Mahopac, NY) and Adams, his third, to get to within 11-5 with 5:58 to go in the quarter. Hofstra answered with Ianucci's third of the day but another SHU score before the end of the quarter got the Pioneers to within 12-7. Sacred Heart's Matthew Robideau (Massena, NY) brought SHU to within four, 12-8, just 53 seconds into the fourth, scoring unassisted.
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A Creative Retreat in the Heart of the Blue Ridge
A Creative Retreat in the Heart of the Blue Ridge
Doe Branch Ink is a retreat for Writers and other Artists located on 100+ acres nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Just 30 miles north of Asheville, our retreat takes its name from a spring fed stream that borders our property, flowing from high in Pisgah National Forest into the French Broad River. The Vermillion guest house is the retreat headquarters, with other nearby accommodations available as needed.
Nestled into 110 acres of private property surrounded by Pisgah National Forest, DBI is the perfect place to finally get some work done.
While our facilities are rustic, they are up to date with all of the modern amenities needed for a productive week, including internet, laundry, phone service & catered meals.
Our retreat-leaders are also leaders in their field with numerous published works and years of experience teaching all skill levels.
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Our workshop leaders are all wonderful story tellers; most work in multiple forms. Many of our workshops have focused on writing fiction, both short and long forms. Workshop leaders have included Michael Malone, Craig Nova, John Gregory Brown, Marjorie Hudson and Elizabeth Cox.
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WELLESLEY, Mass. - After two days of action at the 2010 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, nine-time defending champion, Springfield College sits in first place with 568 total points.
The Pride leads MIT by 121 points, as the Engineers have a two-day total of 447. Wheaton College sits in third with 389 points while Coast Guard held on to fourth place with 304. In fifth-place is Clark with 259 followed by Wellesley (212), WPI (154), Mount Holyoke (123), Babson (88) and Smith (77).
Wheaton picked up its first victory of the event with a win in the 200-medley relay. The team of Iris Meehan (Bar Harbor, ME), Nicole Zais (Sudbury, MA), Taryn Brosnan (Westford, MA) and Dania Piscetta (Belmont, NH) touched the wall in an NCAA "B" cut of 1:48.68.
In the 400-IM, Springfield's Meredith Trumbull (Merrimac, MA) notched a time of 4:40.56, taking first place for the second year in a row.
Chandler Pool then saw two-straight NCAA "A" cuts, as MIT freshman phenom, Anna Kokensparger (Omaha, NE) posted a time of 55.66 in the 100-fly and Coast Guard's Kimberly Shadwick (Campbell Hall, NY) won the 200-free in 1:51.66. Shadwick's victory made her a three-time champion in the event.
Wheaton's Zais became the first individual winner for the Lyons, donning the podium in the 100-breast in NCAA "B" standard in 1:07.56. Also reaching a "B," cut, Springfield's Megan Cooney (Hummelstown, PA) won the 100-back in a time of 59.26
Wrapping up the evening's action, MIT continued it's strong meet with a victory in the 800-free relay. The tandem of 1 Sydney Giblin (Williamsburg, VA), Elina Hu (Oshkosh, WI), Amy Jacobi (Cranbury, NJ) and Kokensparger combined for a time of 7:38.45.


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The Party of No Agenda
Suing the president shows just how deeply unserious Republicans are about the challenges facing the country.
As the midterm elections near, Republicans are providing the American people with a crystal-clear picture of their party's priorities—and they have nothing to do with growing the middle class, creating jobs or expanding opportunity for more Americans. They are focused on partisan stunts that serve a singular purpose: ginning up their far-right base ahead of November.
Today, House Republicans are moving forward with their latest partisan stunt—Speaker Boehner's plan to sue the president. The House Rules Committee will meet today to map out their ridiculous lawsuit claiming an abuse of executive powers by President Obama— the very same powers that were used more often by every president since Grover Cleveland. And while rumblings about impeachment have long existed among the party's fringe, this stunt has moved attacks on the president just for doing his job to the forefront of the Republican agenda.
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A suggestion in May by a small group of Republican senators to propose a new "Contract with America" has seemingly been ignored by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Rather than proactively legislate, McConnell's goal the last five and a half years has been to uniformly oppose President Obama. That strategy has hurt the American people, how the Senate functions and McConnell's poll numbers in Kentucky, but hey—at least he won his primary.
We've already seen the GOP waste time and money on more than 50 votes to repeal or undermine the Affordable Care Act. Setting aside that these redundant votes waste taxpayer time and money, their goal is to take away the benefits of health-care reform that millions of Americans are already enjoying. They even went so far as to shut down the federal government last fall, sticking the American people with the $24 billion tab. But then, the Obamacare website started to work, people enrolled in massive numbers and the American people liked their new affordable coverage.
So what did the GOP do? Embrace the health-care law and work to expand coverage to the people that elected them? Nope. They began a desperate search for a new issue—any issue—to fire up their extreme base.
We've watched the endless politicization of the tragedy in Benghazi, despite the fact that their conspiracy theories have been debunked. And now we know that House Republicans are planning to spend as much as $3.3 million on the special committee they created to investigate, yet again, these attacks. That is a bigger budget than they gave to the House Veterans Affairs and Ethics Committees this year!
Over the next six months, we'll see if Republicans have anything more constructive than political stunts and partisan obstructionism to offer the American people. But a word of advice: Don't hold your breath. We already have a clear picture of what the Senate's agenda would look like if Mitch McConnell were in charge. Just a few weeks ago he said that the Senate would spend even more time voting on legislation to restrict women's access to reproductive health care if he becomes majority leader.


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Creek Bottom Brews will host the first-ever Galax Rhythm and Brews Fest on Saturday from 1-8 p.m., at its location on Meadow Street.
The event is sponsored this year by the Galax Downtown Association, and will feature craft brews from six different breweries and two cideries, along with live music and food for everyone to enjoy.
Participating breweries include Green Flash Brewing, Parkway Brewing, St. George Brewing, Foothills Brewing, Blue Mountain Brewery and Ommegang Brewery.
Twenty-three barbecue teams from all over the country were lined up shoulder to shoulder last weekend for the first-ever dual competition at the 9th Annual Smoke on the Mountain contest in Galax.
This year's event featured both Memphis Barbecue Network and Kansas City Barbecue Society contests. The MBN winner in Galax is also named the Virginia state champion each year.
A fifth grader from Laurel Elementary School created the art for an anti-tobacco campaign going up in areas of Southwest and Southside Virginia.
A project of the American Lung Association in Virginia, the Healthy Grounds for Our Youth effort seeks to keep the use of tobacco products off school campuses, even outdoors, according to Billie Murray, project manager.
A total of 22 teams competed on July 19-20 in Galax at the 9th Annual Smoke on the Mounatin BBQ Championship. Barbecue teams from all over — from local contenders to nationally known celebrity cooks — gathered for the city's first dual contest, featuring both the traditional Memphis Barbecue Network competition and, for the first time in Galax, a Kansas City Barbecue Society contest. Below are the winners in each category. Watch The Gazette on Wednesday for photos and coverage of the event.
FRIES — Blue Cat on the New has reeled in the contract for a pilot program to increase accessibility on the New River Trail State Park.
Only this outfitter, with locations in Fries and Draper, has received permission from the state to host tours of portions of the popular trail using golf carts.
Business owner Donnie Turner's application was accepted last winter when the state park system sought proposals.
The tours out of the Fries location can stretch to about 2.5 hours and extend as far as Byllesby Dam and the Gambetta area.
HILLSVILLE — A new idea to raise money to "flush out cancer" continues to float around the community.
A group of Galax-Carroll Relay for Life participants, Team Lifesavers, have been stealthily placing their plumbing-related fundraising tool in some high-traffic locations.
"Our team is made up of teenagers who are working in memory of those lost to cancer or in honor of those who have survived or are fighting now," the accompanying documentation says. "Please help us by supporting our effort to 'Flush Out Cancer."
The 9th Annual Smoke on the Mountain barbecue championship will offer a dual competition for participants this year. In addition to scoring points in the traditional Memphis BBQ Network competition, vendors can also place in the Kansas City BBQ Society contest.
Smoke on the Mountain, the official state barbecue cook-off, is held in downtown Galax each year in July. This year's event is July 19-20. The smell of authentic barbecue prepared by award-winning vendors is enough to draw in thousands of people each year for the two-day event.
The winners of the Personal Training Transformation Challenge have been announced, and the two selected from more than a dozen entries soon will begin a 12-week personal training session through the Twin County Wellness Center of Twin County Regional Healthcare.
The winners were chosen in two separate categories: personal training and medical rehabilitation. Travis Haynes was chosen to receive the personal training challenge, and Treva Osborne was picked for the medical rehabilitation challenge.
INDEPENDENCE — One thing's for sure – when it's time for a baby to be born, it's going to happen when it's time, whether it's in a hospital or in the back of a rescue squad ambulance.
This was the case early June 6 when the Independence Volunteer Rescue Squad was en route to Twin County Regional Hospital in Galax with a maternity patient.
The squad was dispatched to the residence of Jessica Billings on Old Bridle Creek. They loaded her onto the ambulance at 2:10 a.m.
Local churches are uniting to bring a four-night youth event back to Galax on July 21-24, this year with a focus on extreme sports and skateboarding.
Fourth of July celebrations are abundant this Thursday, with parades, fireworks, music and more in multiple locations. Here's a guide to the Fourth festivities in Independence, Galax, Hillsville, Fries, Lambsburg and Ivanhoe
The Town of Independence will offer a full day of events.
The festivities will kick off at 10 a.m. with the annual parade, which will start at the intersection of U.S. 58 and U.S. 21 at the 1908 Courthouse and end at the Food City parking lot at the Guynn Shopping Center.
The annual Galax Firemen's Carnival begins its festivities on June 24 and continues through June 29 at Felts Park in Galax.
Normally held on the week of July 4, the carnival was pushed back this year due to scheduling conflicts, according to the fire department. "Normally, when a carnival is booked, it is from a previous year with a city or town. We have recently been carnival shopping and these dates are what we got," department officials explained on the GVFD's Facebook page.
WALES, United Kingdom — The team that won a competition to highlight the importance of a copperworks in the Industrial Revolution drew its focus from Jared Bowers, a Carroll County native and 2001 graduate of Carroll County High School.
Bowers is a doctoral candidate at the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom.
Dozens of swimmers participated in an attempt at breaking the record for the world's largest swim lesson on June 18 at the Galax Recreation Center's indoor pool.
Beginning at 11 a.m., aquatics coordinator Trace Lumpkin led a class of 32 into the water for their lesson at the same time as other participating instructors in more than 700 locations around the world.
The current Guinness World Record is held by Team WLSL (USA), which tallied 19,322 participants in 235 locations throughout the world on June 14, 2011.
Cruisin' and Groovin' in Galax begins this Friday at 5 p.m. in downtown Galax.
This is the first of three Cruisin' and Groovin' classic car cruise-in events planned in Galax this year, with two others scheduled for July 12 and Aug. 16.
Streets will close and car registration will begin at 4 p.m. The cruising event begins at 5 p.m., with music by The Attractions beginning at 6 p.m.
HILLSVILLE — Members of the Grover King VFW Post 1115 and Ladies Auxiliary held a special ceremony on Flag Day to honor a beautiful symbol of the United States' national pride, according to organizer Don Dobbins.
The Stars and Stripes is the fourth-oldest banner in the world, older than even the flags of Great Britain and France.
"Their countries might be older than ours, but our flag is older than theirs," he said.
Twin County Wellness Center has partnered with The Gazette to offer 2 people each a free, 12-week personal training session!
In January, Vatress Williams of Woodlawn handed the Carroll Chapter of Project Linus over to Sarah Melton of Independence.
Williams had served Project Linus for about five years and got the chapter to supply 4,030 blankets to children in the area.
HILLSVILLE — Lilias Turman, 90, reported to the Grover King Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1115 at 5 a.m. on May 15 to help cook breakfast for the many law enforcement representatives that attended the Peace Officers Memorial Day observance.
It's for actions like this in a busy schedule of helping her community that Turman's sisters in the VFW ladies' auxiliary recognized her as volunteer of the year in Loyalty Day activities.
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CHICAGO — Mayor Rahm Emanuel is to appear on "The Tonight Show" with Jimmy Fallon, making good on his promise after the host came to Chicago in March and jumped into icy Lake Michigan.
The mayor's office and NBC officials said Thursday that Emanuel will appear on the show June 3.
The pair made a deal earlier this year. If Fallon did the "Polar Plunge" on March 2 then Emanuel would appear on Fallon's show in New York.
Emanuel took the quick, but frigid dip first wearing a T-shirt and shorts. Fallon went next dressed in a full suit and tie. It was 10 degrees outside and the water temperature was 32.
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Interesting Alameda Crown beach newbies behavior
Post general kiteboarding discussion topics here!
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Re: Interesting Alameda Crown beach newbies behavior
This is unfortunately a welcome to the world of more and more kiters every season scenario
Re: Interesting Alameda Crown beach newbies behavior
I am glad you will stay away from me and glad you will not talk to me
Riding used and closeout kites and boards from e-bay,craigslist,ikitesurf, and local surf shops.
Re: Interesting Alameda Crown beach newbies behavior
FTR, the only instruction that should be going on at Crown Beach is from Boardsports. No formal instruction is to be held there by anyone else due to an agreement held with the Parks Dept and Boardsports.
So to throw the term "instructors" around is to throw the team over at BSS in with it. And I know the instructors there NEVER EVER launch kites hot, and frown upon those that do so.
If you suspect bad kite behavior, tap their shoulder kindly, tell them whats up. Then if they continue to be naughty monkeys, tell the girls up at the shack. One bad apple down the beach and ruin it for ALL OF US
Re: Interesting Alameda Crown beach newbies behavior
really??? Some of us ( beginner ) are listening any recommendations... I would not stop talking or giving safety recommendations to beginners... that's the great adventage of being part of such nice community.
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Speaking of asshole moves at Crown. The (think he's asian) dude with the white wainman and nobile board. He apparently thinks it's cool to jump and loop your kite when you're still on the beach, and people are coming in and out...
Listing gear is bad, and you should feel bad.
Re: Interesting Alameda Crown beach newbies behavior
Because experienced kiters do not wear helmets?
Come close son and allow me to explain some things to you before you make a complete fool of yourself.
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Re: Interesting Alameda Crown beach newbies behavior
Ya thats jay
You should let him know how you feel about some of his kite antics
I do all the time
Dont forget to tell him to roll up his lines and move his kite out of the L..Z
When he gos home for lunch.
Re: Interesting Alameda Crown beach newbies behavior
There's always gonna be morons, it's our responsibility to police morons cus they affect our access to practice the sport.
It will come down to regulations, that's inevitable, and "launch/land in designated areas only". It's a disaster waiting to happen, that one time a kite drops on some kid's head and injures his spine or so. And sadly the sport attracts so many spectators that don't realize that staring at a kite from down under is a huge risk.
The Park authority should post signs with rules on being an ass on land, as they are posted at 3rd ave. And fine/remove those who act wreckless and endanger others.
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Ok, ill clarify my "witnessed hot launch" : it was a water relaunch with trailing edge down in water. Kite 30 ft from shoreline max. with 2 people wearing gath helmets. I honestly cant recall kite brand . Not that helmets are in any way a bad idea. And they walked up twords shack post lesson. But im not saying it was bss, im just saying it was B.S.. Ive seen it on more than one ocassion. And one more thing: it is complete craziness and lack of competence to teach someone to launch a kite away from water. Not saying they do or dont do that either. Theres plenty of room. No excuses. Id rather go against the grain and do whats safe, than do whats wrong. I prefer to answer questions from any governing beach agency re: launching my kite the safe way (backwards from alameda status quo) than to question myself after getting a kite hung up in a tree, injure a passerby on the path, or get smashed by a car by launching kite away from water. Usually through process of elimination you can narrow down your options and choose the safest plan of attack wether its a launch, a relaunch, kiting at crissy, etc. by asking yourself one simple question: whats the worst thing that can happen. The answers u come up with will guide you. Not a set of rules or regs, but hey, we all dont think that way. Case in point: some of the behaviors i observe as questionable are perhaps interperative and opinionated, however i do feel establishing large buffer zones for all kiting manuvers (especially for beginners) is the key to keeping us all safer and protecting the sport at our spots.
Re: Interesting Alameda Crown beach newbies behavior
I seriously hope this isnt an endorsement to abandon your helmet at any point, let alone just because you think you are good. Ever seen someone with a Traumatic Brain Injury, how about blown out ear drums from hitting the water too hard, concussions (which can easily happen just by hitting the water), bloody heads like the one in the pic above? Wear a damn helmet. Bikers wear them, skiiers wear them... Besides, what are you going to attach your go pro to! ;)
If you dont want to wear a helmet fine, but I think its reckless to suggest anyone else shouldnt (which the above post may not have been doing).
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Plus Taxes and Fees:
Double $299; Triple $289; Single $359
Call 1-800-Caravan. You can reserve space free for up to 3 days, then a $300 deposit per person is due. Full payment due 60 days prior to departure.
$99 Travel Protection Plan
Caravan's $99 travel protection plan offers peace of mind if you cancel for any reason whatsoever prior to the departure of the tour. The travel protection plan also includes air, baggage, evacuation and medical coverage.
In Latin America, Caravan transfers you between the airport and hotel on the starting and ending dates of your tour.
Airfare is not included or sold by Caravan. Here is a list of some of the airlines that service this tour.
All Meals Included
B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner
1, 2
San José
Barcelo Palacio
3, 4
Magic Mountain
5, 6
Guanacaste, Pacific Beach
J.W. Marriott Resort and Spa
Manuel Antonio
San Bada Hotel
San José
Real InterContinental
Master Card, Visa, or check.
Accommodations in the hotels and lodges are rooms with two beds and private bath or shower. A limited number of single rooms are available. Triple rooms are usually two beds, sometimes with a cot or rollaway. On your Costa Rica tour, Caravan sometimes uses more than one hotel or lodge in a given area. Although each property is wonderfully different and may have many unique features, Caravan's goal is to offer a comparable overall selection so that you can experience the same enjoyment regardless of which property combination you find on your actual tour departure. Scheduled Caravan sightseeing will be the same from all the hotels.
San José is located in the central highlands of Costa Rica, midway between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. With an elevation of around 4,000 feet, San José has a temperate year-round climate. San José is Costa Rica's largest city and is the country's seat of government.
Barcelo Palacio
The Barcelo San Jose Palacio Hotel is located 1 mile from downtown San José, amidst beautifully landscaped gardens in a quiet residential area. This five star hotel features two indoor restaurants, two bars, a casino, a large swimming pool and pool bar and restaurant, spa with Jacuzzi, steam bath, sauna, tennis and squash courts, massage therapists, hairdresser, and gift shops. Your hotel is fully air-conditioned. Internet access is available in the lobby internet cafe for a fee.
Fortuna is a small town located at the base of picturesque Arenal Volcano in northcentral Costa Rica.Magic Mountain
J.W. Marriott Resort and Spa
The elegant JW Marriott Guanacaste Resort and Spa is located on Costa Rica's northwestern coast in a thousand acre private Hacienda. This oceanfront resort sits on a pristine secluded beach surrounded by a natural sanctuary with extensive landscaped gardens. The resort has a full service spa and the largest pool in Costa Rica (over 25,000 square feet). The spacious guest rooms are each furnished with a private balcony or terrace. Guest rooms feature luxury bathrooms with a separate deep soaking bathtub and shower.
San Bada Hotel
San Bada is a spectacular new hotel in Manuel Antonio, located directly at the entrance to the world famous Manuel Antonio National Park. It is the closest hotel to the Park and a short, easy walk to the breathtaking public beaches of Manuel Antonio. Here at San Bada, you'll sleep to the magical sounds of the jungle. The beautifully furnished guest rooms have balconies and include free Wi-Fi. The hotel features two pools. Enjoy magnificent views of the ocean from San Bada's unique Sunset Terrace Bar.
For comfort, convenience and mobility, San Bada is the best place to stay while visiting Manuel Antonio. Most hotels in Manuel Antonio are built on hillsides and spread out over large areas. This can require navigating numerous flights of stairs and walking substantial distances to access the restaurant, bar, or guest rooms – a challenge for anyone with difficulty walking. San Bada is built on level ground with no steps, and short distances between public areas. The hotel also has a modern elevator.
Real InterContinental Hotel
The Real InterContinental Hotel is located in the heart of San José's trendy Escazu area, adjacent to the Multiplaza, a large upscale shopping and entertainment complex. The hotel has three restaurants, two bars, gift shops, an outdoor swimming pool and jacuzzi, a tennis court, a fitness center, and a full service spa and beauty salon. The hotel is fully air-conditioned. High speed internet access is available for a fee.
Caravan's vacation packages include complimentary arrival transfers from Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO) in San José, Costa Rica to your hotel in San José on the day the tour begins. These transfers are only available on the day the tour begins. Please see Costa Rica FAQ's "Airport Information" for more detailed information for all incoming passengers. Tour members arriving on earlier days will need to arrange transfers on their own. After you clear customs, Caravan's representative will meet you at the taxi stand, about 20 feet from the international terminal, with a "Caravan" sign. You may have to wait a couple minutes as your representative might be transferring another client. Please be sure to call the Caravan office before your flight to make sure that we have received your correct flight information. The airport representative is available to meet all flights with Caravan passengers, but will only meet your flight if we have received your flight information and are expecting you on that flight. If you miss your flight please call the Caravan office at 800-227-2826 or 312-321-9800 to notify us. Driving time to your hotel can run from 30 to 60 minutes, depending on traffic. If you take a taxi, use "Taxis Unidos Aeropuerto," the official taxi service, and expect to pay $25.00 U.S. Dollars per taxi, plus tip.
To enter Costa Rica, you will need a U.S. passport valid for 6 additional months after the date of your arrival into Costa Rica. A three month tourist visa is automatically issued to U.S. citizens after clearing Costa Rica customs. Non U.S. citizens, please check passport and visa requirements.
Children under 18 years old, traveling internationally without both parents or legal guardians, should carry a notarized letter of authorization signed by the missing parent(s) or guardian(s). A notarized birth certificate showing only one parent, a parent's death certificate, or a court order of child custody may also be permissible. Failure to have proper documentation could result in denial of boarding by the airline, due to international child protection laws.
Caravan's vacation packages include complimentary departure transfers from your hotel in San José to the Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO) in San José, Costa Rica on the day the tour ends, scheduled to arrive at the airport at 5:00 a.m, 7:00 a.m, 9:00 a.m., and 11:30 a.m. These transfers are only available on the day the tour ends. If you wish to extend your stay in Costa Rica, you will need to transfer on your own, at your own expense. Please ask the hotel bellman to arrange a taxi. Expect to pay $25.00 U.S. Dollars per taxi, plus tip. The driving time from the hotel to the airport is approximately 30-60 minutes, depending on traffic. Please advise the Tour Director if you will be taking your own taxi separately.
Airfare is not included or sold by Caravan Tours. Here are lists of airlines that service this tour:
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|Air Canada, Air Madrid, Alitalia, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Aviateca, British Airways, Comair, Copa, Cubana, Delta, Iberian, KLM, Lanchile, Lauda Air, Lberia, LTU, Lufthansa, Spirit Airlines, Taca, United Airlines
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This is a casual tour. Casual wear is suggested for sightseeing and daytime travelling. Dress code for evenings is casual. Suit jackets for men and dresses for women are never required on the Caravan's Costa Rica tour. It is recommended to wear drip-dry clothing (such as that offered by Columbia, ExOfficio and Travelsmith) in the rainforest. Shirts with long sleeves and long pants are recommended for rain forest and cloud forest hikes. Pants that zip at the knee to convert into shorts are very comfortable in the rainforest.
Virtually everything! Hotels, all meals, all of the activities described in the itinerary pages, airport transfers, gratuities to hotel porters, restaurant staff and local guides. Caravans professional Tour Directors conduct every land tour from start to finish. They are fluent in English, experienced and fun, ensuring a worry free vacation.
Prices do not include air travel, country entry or departure fees, airport porters, visas, phone calls, valet, laundry, all items of a personal nature, extra food and beverages not on the regular menu, and tips to the Caravan Tour Director and Driver. General fees and taxes are additional and listed separately beneath each tours price.
Usually, you find a mix of different age adult travelers on a Caravan Tour. Most tours will be joined by adults of all ages. Children age five (5) and over are welcome, and children usually join tours offered during Christmas holidays, summer vacation and spring break vacation.
A well paced and unhurried itinerary is our goal, after all, you are on vacation! Touring days begin and end at reasonable hours and include frequent stops. While the occasional early morning departure is necessary, we do our best to ensure a leisurely vacation and you will arrive at your hotels between 1:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. each day.
Group sizes will vary depending on the reserved rooms at the hotels and lodges and the capacity of the boats and motorcoaches used. Usually, group sizes range from 30 to 44 passengers.
All meals are included on your Costa Rica tour. Included meals for each tour are listed at the end of each day. Meals are shown by B (breakfast), L (lunch) and D (dinner). Full, buffet, or deluxe continental breakfasts are included everywhere. Bottled water is provided free on the motorcoach and purified water is provided at the meals. Alcoholic beverages are not included unless specified.
"We really enjoyed the trip in a beautiful country and the price was right!"Mr. & Mrs. D.P., Prescott, Arizona
"The pace of the sightseeing and activities was well thought out and executed. Our tour director always prepared us for the next activity. I really enjoyed this trip and have recommended it to others."Ms. B.T., Pasadena, California
"The sights were absolutely fabulous! We visited both coasts and many places in between ... all the places we were interested in seeing. I wasnt sure I wanted to visit Tortuguero, but it turned out to be one of my favorite destinations! This was an exceptional tour at an exceptional price. The guides were very eco-minded. We received a good education from them and their passion for preserving their environment was contagious. We totally get it. Your Costa Rican tour was awesome."Mr. & Mrs. B.H., Burton, Michigan
"The sightseeing and activities, these were all that were promised and more! We would never have seen and done everything on our own! Very satisfied with this Caravan tour. Will definitely use your tour company again and have and will recommend it to friends. Pura Vida."Mr. & Mrs. L.R., Fort Myers, Florida
"You have put together an outstanding package at a very reasonable price. Costa Rica is a great vacation destination!"Mr. & Mrs. M.M., Laguna Niguel, California
"As a travel agent, I would recommend clients to Costa Rica with Caravan. This was an excellent tour, especially since everything was included. We saw and did a great deal in a short period of time."Mr. & Mrs. B.S., Rochester, New York
"The meals were fabulous and the final with 'sit down' and filet mignon was especially nice. The sights were very good, enjoyed the coffee plantation and the cart factory. Had not traveled with Caravan before, but will recommend it to my friends. "Ms. J.M., Laguna Niguel, California
"The meals were very good and well presented. I enjoyed the lunch stop locations too. Our tour director made this trip very comfortable and fun. This was my first Caravan tour. I would book another one in the future."Mr. & Mrs. B.R., Oberlin, Ohio
"The hotels were all great in their own way. The meals were very good, tasty,, plentiful and fairly well-balanced. The tour director was unbelievably great, an encyclopedia of information convey tours in an entertaining, caring and interesting manner. You have set very high standards with your tour and guides."Mr. & Mrs. W.H., Henderson, Kentucky
"The hotels were all nice and a nice variety of different types or styles of doing things. The sightseeing and activities were wonderful. Loved the whole experience of everything offered. A wonderful experience and great value, I will be using you again and will recommend to others."Ms. N.L., Winsted, Connecticut
"The meals were delicious! It was very easy to keep my vegetarian diet with this tour. Your tour director was WONDERFUL! Never let go of her, she was knowledgeable about everything any of us wanted to know. She was so personable and always happy too. Costa Rica is BEAUTIFUL!"Mrs. P.H., Gainesville, Florida
"Our tour director was always accessible and approachable to the group. All in all, this tour was excellent, well planned and varied! I enjoyed it and recommend Caravan to everyone. Next trip, I plan to use Caravan due to the quality and knowing you take care and time to arrange good tours whenever they are offered. Thank you!"Mrs. E.M., Phoenix, Arizona
"This was the best vacation I had. It is the only way to see Costa Rica."Ms. P.H., Plano, Texas
"We had the perfect tour director, very knowledgeable of Costa Rican history, local cultures, and coconuts. Caravan, you should be proud! Besides the fact that you guys do a great job staging all of the sights, wildlife and timing (it was all fake right?!),it was obvious to us that the guides, the hotel staffs, the tour director, the restaurant personnel, etc. All seemed to rise to the occasion for a Caravan tour. You guys are doing something right. Keep it up!"Mr. & Mrs. M.G., Pleasant Hill, California
"The local guides were good at Tortuguero and the rain forest and wildlife park, especially seeing Blondie, the orange colored Howler. The trip was well conducted and we saw a lot of Costa Rica."Mr. A.S., San Diego, California
"I liked the diversity of the trip. It was well planned with nice accommodations. It was a pleasant experience, would recommend tour."Mr. & Mrs. S.S., Hopatcong, New Jersey
"I very much appreciate the professional manner that we were treated. I am a travel agent, and working in this industry can sometimes be a thankless job, therefore when I am treated with respect, I try to acknowledge. We are truly grateful to Caravan and our tour director for being so accommodating. I can guarantee you that I will be selling Caravan tours enthusiastically in the future! Our tour directors knowledge and passion for his country is so evident by the way he describes customs, culture, education, wildlife among many other things. All of the sightseeing, I loved every minute of it, great activities and some free time."Mr. & Mrs. J.C., Caledonia, Michigan
"There was so much food. I got a good idea of foods of Costa Rica. There was variety and lots of bottled water! There was great diversity in visiting different parts of country with attractions, just enough shopping opportunities. The tour director was the sweetest person I ever met. She was always smiling, had great English, always available, very knowledgeable on history, vegetation and country of Costa Rica. She kept things moving, always left on time, very respectful of everyone on tour. She was conservation and safety conscious, had good sense of humor and very accommodating."Ms. J.M., Abington, Pennsylvania
"The hotels were excellent, especially the one at Tortuguero. Id like to spend a week there! The tour director was wonderful! Excellent! I cant say enough about him. He was so knowledgeable about the plants and animals. He was an added bonus to the trip!"Ms. J.L., Asheboro, North Carolina
"The hotels were an outstanding value. Each was clean, comfortable and had a special charm of its own. The meals were ample, excellent choices wide enough to satisfy a picky eater like me. It ranged from excellent to superb. Mexicos Ancient Civilizations last year rated ten out of ten with our tour director. This tour director made Costa Rica fifteen out of ten. I will schedule Tikal, Copan sometime next year."Mr. C.G., Las Vegas,, Nevada
"My family and friends could not believe how wonderful the accommodations were. Everywhere we stayed the staff was nice and treated us very professionally. At Tortuguero, the staff treated us from the minute we arrived to the second we left as family. I cannot wait to take another Caravan tour, and tell all my friends about this one. Please do not change a thing, you have got it right."Mr. & Mrs. J.D., Boca Raton, Florida
"The meals were very good. I loved all the fresh fruit. The entire trip was awesome."Mr. & Mrs. T.R., Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
"The driver was excellent. I drove for UPS for thirty years, I know what it takes to handle a vehicle of this size. I have been on many tours around the globe and our tour director was by far the best. He is very detailed, courteous, sincere and a perfect gentleman.****** Six stars."Mr. & Mrs. L.W., Hot Springs, Arkansas
"I can think of nothing that would improve this trip. I have traveled with other companies; therefore I have some basis for comparison. You are at the top of my list."Ms. M.U., Dublin, Georgia
"I am the last person I would have expected to take an escorted tour. This was a very pleasant surprise! Good work!"Ms. S.K., Los Altos, California These are only the first 25 reviews of this tour... Read all 183 Reviews »
Caravan Tours began selling fully escorted tours in 1952. We have been under the same management and ownership ever since. In 1965, Roger Mudd hosted a two hour CBS TV special on Caravan Tours. This TV production took about one month to make and was so successful it inspired the 1968 romantic comedy movie "If it's Tuesday this must be Belgium." In the early 50's the Mayor of Dublin presented Caravan with the Key to Dublin for bringing the first American tour to the city after WWII. Since then Caravan has been recognized as a pioneer in travel.
Caravan's strong buying power gives you great vacations at prices much lower than you can find anywhere. Last year many of our tours sold out quickly. Book early for the date you prefer and the best air fare.
Caravan Tours is a member of ASTA (American Society of Travel Agents), NTA (National Tour Association), CLIA (Cruise Lines International Association), and an allied member of ACTA (Alliance of Canadian Travel Agencies).
Caravan delivers volume to our suppliers, who in turn reward us with their very best prices, we in turn pass these savings on to you, and you reward us by buying our tours. As volume continues to rise, we then receive even better prices from our suppliers, and we pass even greater savings on to you. This year our tours are better than ever.
The short answer is "very." Our surveys are uniformly very positive. However we continually strive to improve our tours, (they are often updated several times in the course of one year), we study all client surveys and suggestions for improvement very carefully.
Caravan includes all activities listed in the tour itinerary page. Caravan does not sell any optional activities which can add hundreds of dollars to your tour price. Your free time is scheduled in great settings where there is no need to buy additional expensive activities.


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NICOSIA - "This coffee tastes a lot like Greek Cypriot coffee," said Harris Hadjipavlou, swirling the muddy grounds in the bottom of his cup.
We were sitting in a cafe in the capital, the last divided city in Europe. The cafe is set into the corner of the Büyük Han, or Great Inn, a 16th-century caravanserai where travelers rested and watered their animals, usually donkeys. The inn is the most spectacular of many preserved buildings in Nicosia. The menu read "Turkish Cypriot coffee."
It was fitting that my self-appointed host took me to the medieval hub of hostelry in his city. Travel brochures make much of the myth that Aphrodite washed ashore on Cypriot beaches. But the more relevant god may be Zeus, one of whose epithets is Xenios, "he who guards hospitality."
Three afternoons earlier I had walked, sweaty and disgruntled, into the bar/club/art gallery that Hadjipavlou, 34, runs on the Greek side of the city. The hotel next door where I had a reservation was boarded up. Hadjipavlou invited me to sit on the terrace, fragrant with oregano and basil plants, while he called the hotel owner.
After living in Berlin for the last year, curiosity about the divided city had brought me to Nicosia, although most tourists prefer Cypriot beaches to the country's barricaded capital. Outside of hotels geared toward business travelers, accommodations are hard to find.
"Yes, closed unexpectedly and forever," Hadjipavlou said cheerfully after talking on his cellphone. "Do you like dogs?" If so, I could stay with his friend Maria Pavli, 25, whose mutt had recently given birth to five puppies. I assumed he was suggesting a room-for-let deal of the type common on the Greek islands. But it turned out he was offering pure hospitality.
Pavli, a graphic designer, later said: "God brought you to Harris because he is so knowledgeable about politics and history." But I think if God, or Zeus, brought me to anyone it was to Pavli, who took me in, made me breakfast, and worried about my whereabouts when I came back late.
Nobody I spoke with in Cyprus found my serendipitous adoption strange. "It is the old way," Hadjipavlou said. "Even if your enemy comes you have to take him in."
Of course, the enemy is already here, according to nationalist Greek and Turkish Cypriots. The island's strategic location among three continents attracted the imperial attention of Venetians, Ottomans, and Britons, among others.
After gaining independence in 1960, violence between ethnic Turks and Greeks rocked the wheelbarrow-shaped island. Turkish forces invaded in 1974 to oppose a Greek Cypriot coup, which sought to unite the island with mainland Greece.
The UN-guarded Green Line has divided the country since, slicing through downtown Nicosia. The southern two-thirds of the island constitute the Republic of Cyprus, a European Union member state that switched to the euro last January. The northern third is the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, recognized only by Turkey. Rancor from '74 still dominates politics on the island and relations between the two motherlands.
Travel rules eased in 2003, and many young Nicosians saw the other side of their city for the first time. Pavli crossed over once but hasn't been back to the Turkish side since. She says she doesn't know any Turkish Cypriots.
After a good first night's sleep at Pavli's, I strolled downtown into the Old City through a gate in the sandy-colored Venetian walls. In this city straddling two countries, I worried I might make an illegal move. Could I wander over the Green Line without knowing it? A
It was late July and the streets were almost empty. Cypriots avoid the sweltering heat by day and come out at night, packing sidewalk restaurants and bars to share communal meals of meze (a selection of small dishes to accompany ouzo) in the south or kebabs in the north. Most tourists arrive at other times of year. In July, the heat and dust are oppressive.
As much to cool off in the air conditioning as to get a view of the city, I made my way to the Ledra Museum and Observatory Tower. Obvious on the ground, division is harder to see from 11 stories up. Roadblocks fade into the surrounding buildings. There are mosques and churches on both sides. The only way to trace the Green Line, so named after the color ink used to plot the division on a map, is to look for the color green. The abandoned buildings in the UN buffer zone are overgrown with trees and shrubs.
The observatory is a few blocks down from the Ledra Street crossing, a new checkpoint that opened to foot traffic on Nicosia's main drag in April. New reunification talks began early this month and are ongoing. Both Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders voice more optimism about a solution than ever before, but any agreement to unify must be ratified by a referendum of the kind that failed in 2004.
During my visit I crossed back and forth on three or four occasions, the first time with Hadjipavlou. It was his first trip through the new crossing. The walk through no man's land takes less than a minute. Enormous curtains hide the buildings. A no-photography rule is posted everywhere but I didn't see it enforced. People strolling past the armed guards licked ice cream cones bought from stands on either side.
The only piece of bureaucracy I had to contend with was to fill out a small photocopied visa on the north side. While we were in line to get our visas stamped, a Turkish Cypriot struck up a conversation with Hadjipavlou about the so-called Cyprus question: if, when, and how to unify.
"The politicians are not able to decide, they are holding it up," he said. "The people want unity now." Hadjipavlou agreed.
Most Cypriots I met were ready to end the deadlock. But those willing to talk to foreigners may be a self-selecting group. Farther along the Green Line, watched over by armed Greek Cypriot soldiers, a message was painted across one of the roadblocks: "Nothing is gained without sacrifice and freedom without blood." One Turkish man spit on the ground when I told him I was staying with Greek Cypriots.
We were through the checkpoint quickly. Depending on whom you ask, we were entering the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the illegally occupied territories, or the future partner in a united Cyprus.
Although the area around the new opening has built up fast, crossing still feels like entering another region - from the developed to the not-quite-developed world. Northern Cyprus is not recognized by the international community and has suffered the economic consequences. Moving south to north, Ledra Street's designer boutiques give way to cramped stores selling polyester clothing.
Once on the Turkish side we followed the tourist route, stopping for coffee in the Great Inn and taking our shoes off to pad through the Selimiye Mosque. The mosque was completed as a Gothic church in 1326. Ottomans added the two enormous minarets and changed the name in 1570. (Many old buildings in Nicosia are composites. Omeriye Hamam, a recently renovated working public bath on the Greek side, had two former lives: as an Augustinian church and an Ottoman mosque.)
The sand-colored buildings are more rundown in the occupied areas but recognizably the same style as those on the Greek side. Locally made grilled haloumi cheese, a mix of goat and sheep milk, and soutjoukoi, strings of nuts sweetened with grape juice, are available all over Nicosia. I experienced the same kindnesses, small and large, on both sides: People offered me directions, advice, water, and rides - if only around in circles to cool me off.
On my last day in Nicosia, my hosts were at work and I headed to the Turkish side alone. I stopped for a Turkish Cypriot coffee and a seat in front of a fan. The coffee shop owner asked where I was staying and what I was doing. When I explained she said, "You should have come here. We would have taken you in, too."
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