tomorrow early, oh woe, since I for one have become very used to laid-back island life on Samos and like it very much indeed. Today was rather amazing as we went to see Eupalinus' tunnel and I ran in to my former ancient history tutor from my undergraduate days in Oxford and her husband, so we got a nice picture of the 3 academic "generations" of Miriam, myself and my students. Then in the afternoon I got the bus to the temple of Hera, which was absolutely massive - I'm not surprised that Herodotus was so impressed by it because even in ruins, it's vast and you can get a good sense of the sheer ambition that went into creating it.
Samos seems even fuller of cats than the other islands. At our hotel there is a charming tabby whose leg was evidently broken at some point and healed all crooked, but it has really been a good career move for him since everyone goes out of their way to give him a little something from their plates and he is notably more prosperous than any of his fellows.
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