The funny thing about the varangian guard (mercenary swedes from Russia mostly) is they left grafitti in some of the most impressive buildings in what is now Turkey. A friend from turkey (who mistook me for swede so I now always ask him how things are in his part of greece) showed me some photos of some of their "art work". I had no idea how to read the old script, but a special on discovery channel later translated it as "Gustav was here" and so on.mrtn said:Hm, maybe I should join the varangian guard...
I can supply my own beard, after all.![]()