The morning began before the cocks had crowed as we needed to travel from our pleasant wine town of Sirince to Selcuk and then catch another ride to the port city of Kusadasi. Our packs were substantially heavier today from the shopping spree that Jennifer dragged Sam through yesterday. The boat ride to Samos, Greece was very pleasant with the sun beaming by 7:00 AM. The picture below shows Turkey in the background with Jennifer standing next to their prideful flag. It was sad saying goodbye to this beautiful country but it was exciting to see the captain of the ship hoist the Greek flag half-way through the journey as Samos neared the horizon.
Our hotel was all about location, location, location with a beautiful exterior, stunning lobby, and priceless rooftop view into the Samos harbor. The rest of the hotel was... well lets just repeat how the hotel has a great location.
After a stressful day of sipping on booze and slipping in and out of cat naps by the pool, we went for a nice stroll up the coast. We stumbled across an ocean side lounge and stopped in for their sunset happy hour. A couple of cocktails later we continued our walk and ran into the Australian friends we met on the four day boat cruise. It was nice catching up with them for the remainder of the night while watching the USA tie England in their first matches of the World Cup.
Tomorrow we are back on the ferry and off to Mykonos. We were pleasantly surprised to learn that our Aussie friends will be joining us on the ship, although they will be getting off at a different island along the way. Sailing the seas in the afternoon sun should be a nice way to finally say farewell and wish them safe travels.
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