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Lesbos/Mytilini , Aegean Islands, Greece:. |
view from hotel oceanis. Plomari |
It was an accident! The first time I landed on Lesvos. I was heading
for Chios but slept to long and woke up in Mytilini port. I'm happy
for that. The first I did was get myself a map and breakfast at a
gyros pita place. It was nice to sit there at the seafront and watch
the ordinary life and figure out my next move. Its always
interesting to reach a new island, and Lesvos was something new to
me. Before that day I had only been to typical tourist islands like
Corfu, Paros, Santorini etc. Lesvos is not like them. The island is
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Lesbos/Mytilini is a green fertile island close to the Turkish
coast, The third biggest in Greece. And still free from masstourism.
There is not so many charter operators and the people here don't
seem to look at you as a walking wallet. Prices here is low
(comparing to cyclades) and its a perfect place to relax. The only
problem I can see is the distance, ten maybe twelve hours with boat
from Pireus is no fun at all, but its worth it.
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About the name, Lesbos/Lesvos. The history tells about Sappho the
poetess and her love songs to girls gave us the word lesbian, But
was she gay? Other stories tells that she committed suicide jumping
from a cliff on Lefkas island because of unrequited love to a
man........ |
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Lesbos weather