The photo below is the view down the alley from our hotel room. The one on the right is the central square (Bell Tower square) where everything stood still yesterday at 2:38 to commemorate the earthquake victims. The response on the ground here has been strong...people giving money and blood on the street. If you can manage it, a donation of, say, $20 would go a long way here. I would guess that the International Red Cross would be a good place to inquire.
The 2 photos above are of housing in the local hood. Note the space made in the one on the left for the tree to grow thru the wall and the roof! Makes my cabin construction seem not so eccentric.
OOPS! on the photo on the right..I forgot to rotate it in the camera..sorry. It is of a building in the Muslim quarter, on a terrific shopping street . The food markets there are great! We got a big bunch of halvah, dried apricots, and pistachios for our up-coming train trip. But my favorite Muslim food is the buckwheat noodles. They are served cold with a fresh chili sauce. MMM!
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