Bob and Ann in Turkey 2008

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A driver picked us up at the hotel early this morning to take us to the ferry to Samos Island. When we arrived at the dock, a young man with a badge, greasy hair and wrap-around sunglasses met us and took our passports and voucher for the ferry. We were worried that this was a scam but others in the ferry line had the same thing happen to them. Once the passports and boarding passes started arriving we relaxed. The ferry left the dock at 9:00 with us and several other people from our Rick Steves touring group. The seas were fairly calm, the temperature was cool and the sunny was shining brightly. It was a pleasant hour and 45 minute journey.

Samos from the Taxi

The arrival on Samos Island was our official entry to Greece. We passed through customs, wandered down the street to an ATM to get some euros and caught a taxi to the airport. We shared the ride with Tom and Leslie, our new friends from Colville who were on the RS tour with us. We sat around in the small airport for a couple of hours before we boarded our twin-engine prop airplane for Athens.

The rest of this travel log is continued in "Greece 2008".