Blogging from the Mediterranean Sea

We left Samos a few hours ago via ferry.  We have a five hour ferry ride to the island of Mykonos.  The ship is much much bigger than our ferry from Turkey to Samos, looks almost like a medium sized cruise ship.  Thankfully, the ship has free internet, so we can catch up on pictures, videos and blogs.  It has been nice having the computer with us. It is fun to look through all of our pictures a day or two later to reminisce about where we have been.  With the digital world and digital cameras, we are taking tons and tons of pictures in order to capture the "good ones."  Our picture count is up to 1,486.

Samos was beautiful.  The island has a population of 30,000 people and most of the island is uninhabited due to its terrain.  Thanks to Lonely Planet, we were able to find an amazing beach yesterday.  Here is how they described it
"Follow the north coast road out of town for 10km and look for a signposted dirt road left leading to Livadaki Beach.  Here, tropical azure waters lap against soft sand in a long sheltered cove with facing islets. Only Greeks in the know come to Livadaki, which has a beach bar with colourful and comfy soft chairs, and music day and night.  The water is warm and very shallow for a long way out,and Livadaki's hedonistic yet mellow summer beach parties easily spill into it.  Free kayaking and palm-frond umbrellas are available."
I don't need to describe any more.  Amazing! The dirt road was 2 km long and cabs would not go to the beach. We started to walk, but luckily were able to hitch hike a ride with a British couple.  They come to Samos for a month every year!

After 5 or 6 hours at the beach, we walked around down town and grabbed a well anticipated Greek salad.  We were spent after a day in the sun, so we read most of the night. Plus we anticipate later evenings in the more upbeat and "party" atmosphere of Mykonos for the next two nights.
Battery is running low, time to read more of "Bringing Down The House."  So far it is very intriguing how some MIT students won MILLIONS in Vegas counting cards playing blackjack.

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