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We returned the key of our original village house next to the post office on the beach boulevard of Ayios Konstandinos and made some pictures at the cute lazy harbour village.
Took the breakfast at the second little bar on the right side at the entrance of Manolates Mountain Village. Nice and relaxing atmosphere, good food, reasonable prices. Keep in mind that Greeks do not have an extended breakfast culture. As we observed and later were told by the local people, a traditional Greek Breakfast is a dark coffee ( in summer a cold one ) and a cigarette (Greeks decided to forbid smoking in indoor places starting from 2010 on! Everyone is extremely curious to see if and how it would work…). Good thing is unlike some other countries, it is possible to get any type of food anytime of the day as long as the place is open so be creative and make up your favorite breakfast out of Greek lunch, dinner and snack specialities ( opt for Yoghurt with honey and fruits if you are a sweet eater for Breakfast and toast, omlette or even Greek Salade if you are a morning salty eater, fresh orange juice is always available, though costs usually quite a lot ! )
Took a walk though Manolates making a lot of nice pictures. The village is a must !
Changed Hotel – now staying at Hotel “Erato” at Karlovassi beach boulevard. Tel +30 22730 35370 Fax +30 22730 35180. Very friendly and well English speaking owner.
Drove to the south coast of Samos through great countryside villages via Marathokambos
Made a little break at the port of Ormos Marathokambou to take some pictures.
Made a stop at Nice Psili Ammos beach in the southwest of Samos, taking a swim and relaxing a bit ( There are already other beaches before at the Votsalakia/Kambos area but we found them a bit too overcrowded and dirty )
Watched sun going down at cosy small beach in the west part of the Island close to Varsamo, following a dirt road for a few kilometers down the hill we thought it would lead to nowhere but in the end we had the wonderful beach only for us. Very romantic experience !
Took a dinner at the restaurant close to the Varsomo which is “run by three generations of women” (ref. Rough Guides to Greek Islands, P. 408). When we read the description in the book, we laughed at it and wondered why the authors needed to mention this. When we were there though, we realized that this means it is more than just eating at a restaurant. We felt like we were invited to the traditional summer house of a traditional Greek family. The grand grand mother, who desperately tried to communicate with us (unfortunately our Greek knowledge is not far from hello and thank you! so we could not please her so much), the grandmother tried to invite us to stay at the rooms that they offer at a very funny price and the mother cooked for us. Later they are the same thing we have ordered together with us, we even suspected that the husband who was arriving from grocery shopping later by mistake ate the souvlaki that we have ordered 
! Normally we would have been furious, but there we have just found it funny and felt a part of these simple but very friendly people. Unfortunately we do not know the name of the taverna and have no contact information (and we were so much involved that forgot to take a picture!) but anyway there is nothing else around, you can not miss it !
Returned to Hotel Erato in Karlovassi.
