26-05-2021, 01:14 PM
This turned out to be much more exciting than I anticipated 
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27-05-2021, 10:22 PM
(26-05-2021, 12:26 PM)VViews wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.For unrelated reasons, I will be in Athens briefly in a couple of days. I intend to stop by the bookshop, and have emailed them again to ask them if they had the book in stock, and if not, could they re-order a copy so that I can pick it up in person.Any chance you'll be able to make it out to Corfu to check the library?  Member details
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28-05-2021, 02:20 PM
Due to unforeseen circumstances, I have to postpone my trip by two weeks.
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17-06-2021, 10:00 AM
Athens.
I headed to Labyrinthos bookshop's address. The store is real. I showed them the reference for the book, not mentioning my online experience with them. The shopkeeper looked it up and replied: No. You don't have it? No. I wasn't sure what to do. I went back to this thread, and noticed something. Earlier in the thread, Koen had mentioned another shop that sold the book, Protoporia. I had dismissed it as yet another clone of Labyrinthos but it turned out to be a different address, so I headed there. LO AND BEHOLD There it was! I now own a book I can't read about a book I can't read. It is full of illustrations, mostly from the Voynich but also several other sources at the end. More updates coming as I start to translate this later today. Member details
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17-06-2021, 10:55 AM
Ha, team believer wins
Quite the adventure. Maybe those bookshops share an online stock, something like that. And then don't bother sending stuff when it's not in their own store. Member details
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17-06-2021, 02:31 PM
Oh, streets of Athens!
I miss Greece. I was there for a week, in Santorini, as far away from tourists as I could get. Awesome. Loved it. Rented scooters for a day and toured the whole island. Went to the top of the mountain and looked out over the crater. Food was GREAT. Water blue and warm. I have stories about Athens. Went north via Thessaloniki. Was going to visit Turkey, but tragically missed Istanbul due to a very bad cold. Had to hole up in a hotel for a few days instead. Whenever I get nostalgic for Santorini, I watch Daryl Hannah in Summer Love.  Member details
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17-06-2021, 04:25 PM
What an effort! I look forward to hearing more about this!
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17-06-2021, 08:02 PM
Nice, That picture of you outside Protoporia really made me laugh, good job.
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