Proteas Bay Pithagórion
Proteas Bay Pithagórion, Sámos, Northeast Aegean Islands, 83103, Greece
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Buying a Used Car in Selcuk!
... Diana, is but after criss-crossing the right part of town I cannot find it, although there are signs for it fixed to walls with arrows pointing the direction. I stop and ask directions. Second right I'm told. I take second right. I've been down here before, but still no sign for Diana. I stop. A man talks to me in German. I follow him as he trots along the street. We stop and all is revealed. Pension Diana is closed, ferme, dunta. Its website is ...
3 lunches but why?
... the very top steps of one of the biggest amphitheatres in the world. A very nice moment. I walked back to town from Ephesus. I was hungry. I had seen some neat little restaurants during my walkabout the night before so I found them again for some brunch. I ended up having 3 full lunches at 2 different places, hence the name of the blog. I had two Turkish pizzas called pıde. Then I decided that a chicken donair I saw as I ...
Night Swims and Pub Quizzes
... of the ancient world I explored with Stu and Peaches but we get to the amphitheatre just as Libby finishes her performance to a grand applause from other truckers. The local tat shops are entertaining though with signs of "genuine fake watches" everywhere.
The only sour note of our stay here was a peeping tom in the girls showers. He was chased off and later arrested by the police.... a reminder we're not at home and we need to pay attention to our ...
Final day's birding
Day 12, 18-May-10 Cloudy, thunder & lightning changing to sunny, ~23°C
Potokaki (not enough rain had fallen!)
Great reed warbler (excellent views)
Cetti's warbler
Corn bunting
Crested lark
Viewpoint between Mili and Pagondas
Cetti’s warbler
Serin (m & f)
Blackbird
Chaffinch
3 x Short toed eagle
Buzzard
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Getting the hang of this
... the book I brought with me, TheLife of Pi (a book I really enjoyed, by the way, that was given to me by a parishioner). I was glad to see that this hotel keeps a bookshelf on the terrace where one can make an exchange. So I left that book upstairs and took a copy of John Grisham's A Painted House. I'm realizing that a good book is a crucial item to have when traveling alone. Tomorrow promises to be the most complicated travel ...



