Edwin and I visited Samos in May 2007. We stayed in hotel Venus in Kokkari. In the evening the harbour of Kokkari offered us relaxed dinners nearby the water. Samos, island of sweet Samos wine and fresh Greek salads. During our daytrips we searched among others for turtles and chameleons, unfortunately we never found them. But no worries, there was so much more to see, we never got bored. I will never forget our special encounters with the golden jackal, with the attacking tawny owl, with the hummingbird hawk moth, with the swallowtails and scarce swallowtails, with the nightingales in the nightingale valley, with the hitch-hiking mantis religiosa, and with that special old olive tree. Samos, you were great!