Yann Martel
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It's a pleasure being here.
Greece was actually one of the first countries I backpacked as a young man.
I love backpacking.
I love travelling.
And so I went to Greece and Turkey.
And Greece was a known entity.
I already knew Greece.
And I remember at the time when I was going to Turkey, that was at the time of that story.
Remember Midnight Runner?
About the kid who did drugs in Turkey and it really destroyed
Midnight Express, there we go, sorry.
It destroyed tourism in Turkey.
So I did both at the same time.
And I grew up on Greek myths, so I already knew the Greek myths, so to see the landscape was interesting.
But then the real discovery for me at that time was Turkey, which is an incredibly varied society.
Interestingly enough, when I was in the northwest of Anatolia,
I didn't bother going to Troy, because I'd already heard from other tourists that it was an incredibly disappointing sight.
Instead, I went to Gallipoli.
Very impressive sight, Gallipoli.
But I didn't go to Troy.