Andromeda Sámos

... harbour became silted over seemed out of sync with the rest of Europe in its time of immersion in the Dark Ages. So much knowledge was lost or suppressed at that time by those who contributed nothing to the rational and wonderful development of the world. The civilisations that created places such as Ephesus and the Acropolis were so advanced and their writings and thoughts were burned in the large libraries they had created by the pagan ignorant and the Christian destroyers. How ...

Kusadasi was a surprise!! We arrived around noon and left the ship for a quick visit up a windy 1500 foot drive up a cliff to the House of the Virgin Mary which is supposed to be her final resting place. It was a small stone building in the pines and a truly beautiful place. We then drove to the ancient ruins of Ephesis which remains an awe-inspiring city in an amazing setting. Beautiful marble colonnades ...

... on them or carried drinks over some of these incredible pieces that took years to make. Once the presentation was over, our host called in his 'associates' and we were effectively cornered by 10 or so Turks trying to engage us in conversation in the hopes that we would buy as many carpets as possible (starting at around $2000 US for the small ones and $6000 US for the big ones). It was quite amusing - they didn't bother us as much as other ...

A day at sea and some time to catch up a little. We were in Kusadasi, Turkey yesterday. As we have been steadyly moving east, the age of the cities and the sites we visit keep getting older. . In Rome we were looking at buildings constructed anywhere from 200 BC to the second century. As we traveled through the Greek islands some sites like the Acropolis at Lindos (Rhodes) were originally built around 800 BC. Turkey and Iran it ...

... and he had booked us somewhere on the front at a bargain price again well done Beebs.

We spent the day doing what many Greeks do nothing much, had a mooch around the shops and Ian spotted a language school so he is now printing his CV off to go and hand it into them. We went for lots of chocolate milk drinks another thing I am addicted to cold chocolate milk with crushed ice its fit and Ian love Frappe ...

Had an amazing nights sleep although Ian was snoring again but have shutters on the windows so that no light comes in got up and decided to go to the harbour and have some breakfast had bacon and eggs fresh bread, coffee and orange juice it was delicious. Then went to sunbathe on the beach for the morning Ian put sun cream on me but missed a big strip down my back so I now have one stripe of sun burn lol my first in ...

... else and said that she had a room and could we follow him we walked down the main street then met up with a little old lady called Veronika whose place we where staying in now. Kokkari is so nice its like a little fishing village with shops and bars on the sea and then a little harbour with lots of restaurants and bars along it.

We went for a walk and a drink then went for something to eat we got some nice greek food saganaki fried cheese is my ...

CHRISTINA HOTEL APARTMENTS

The apartments are situated on the north side of the island of Samos, in the quiet beautiful and picturesque fishing village of Agios Constantinos.



It is situated just a few metres from the beach and I have found it through the Internet.

We had a warm welcome by the owner -Nestoras and his wife who ...

... and most at least look like they have a home to live in and enough food to eat. Compare that with other countries with an estimated 70 million population...Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and probably some in Africa and S. America. They have great roads and a public transport system that is cheap, reliable, safe (the bus drivers are so not kamikazes!) and clean. Their public toilets are way cleaner than Malaysia that's for sure and most countries in Asia as a ...

... place in Nice, France that I was dragged to that had a broken bidet in the main room with a sign that said "For Your Feet.") The day before I go to a city, I just go online and google the city name and "lodging reviews" and then I read the comments people have made about hotels. Often there are one or two in particular that I see interesting raves about, and I can either reserve a room online or e-mail them to expect me at a particular time. Then when I ...