On 12 Apr 2007 01:26:05 -0700, in rec.travel.europe, jeremyrh.geo@yahoo.com arranged some
electrons, so they looked like this:
... On 12 apr, 08:47, Magda wrote:
... > On 11 Apr 2007 22:33:59 -0700, in rec.travel.europe, jeremyrh....@yahoo.com arranged some
... > electrons, so they looked like this:
... >
... > ... On Apr 12, 12:38 am, Magda wrote:
... > ...
... > ... > Have you been to Ikaria?
... > ...
... > ... I went there ages ago. At the time it was a bit out of the way, but
... > ... maybe transport has improved. Used to be an "exile" island for
... > ... political prisoners. We stayed in a village on the NE coast whose name
... > ... escapes me, though I can picture the beach. The bus ride to get there
... > ... was a bit hair-raising - hairpins with steep drops, and the driver
... > ... conversing animatedly with a passenger behind him.
... >
... > Ages ago I made plans to spend a week there, then had to put them aside, but I still want
... > to. Apart from the crazy chauffeurs, how is it landscape-wise? Nice walks?
...
... Yes - we spent some time hiking away from the coast. We only had a
... "tourist map", so got hopelessly lost, but enjoyed it a lot. Looking
... at a map I now see that the place we stayed was called Armenistis
... which at the time was the end of the universe. Further on there were
... beaches and campings populated by hippies and such-like. Now there is
... probably a Club Med :-)
Google Earth is not sharp at all but the website does not mention Club Med, thank heavens!
Apparently they have visitors from the Netherlands, Sweden and Austria, though... Thank
you, I'm putting Ikaria on the table once more. :)
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