Pictures and trip details

Here is a link to some extra photos I took today. They are mostly pictures of the area around Syntagma (constitution) Square. Unfortunately, due to account limitations, I had to put the pictures to the previous set.


The same and more pictures

In other news, I have still some packing to do, but I am almost ready to leave for the island of Samos.
So, where is Samos located?

Samos is located at the eastern Aegean, very close to Turkey as you can see in the map above. The island offers wonderful beaches and it is also all-green (there are mountains with forests) if you don't like spending your summer by the sea (I cannot imagine why, but anyway...). My actual destination is Vathi where I have been before. (And you can conclude I had a great time.) The island is famous for its very sweet wine, (I remember getting drunk with some friends 8 years ago; this is what happens when you participate in birthday celebrations where the only thing available to eat is the cake!)

And like almost every place in Greece, there is a glorious past related to it. Samos was the birth place of Pythagoras (585-500 B.C.) the famous ancient Greek philosopher who is mostly known from the Pythagorean Theorem ("The sum of the squares on the legs of a right triangle equals the square on the hypotenuse".)

In Samos, you can also find the Eupalineion orygma (lit.ditch) which is actually a water tunnel. The tunnel was driven through a hill from two sides. . The whole thing is 1,800 meters long and it took about 10 years to be completed. The construction started at the same time in both sides and when the two shafts met in the middle there was only a minor deviation! It was built (believe it or not) in the 6th century B.C.!

My ship leaves tomorrow from the port of Piraeus at 6.00 pm and it is a long journey, about 12 hours. (It is the cheap and easy- to- find -a -ticket- at- the- last- minute ship that makes a lot of stops). Thank God, I will be traveling with my friend Lia (who will provide my accommodation in the island) so despite the long trip, we will definitely have so much fun.

Next stop, Samos...