Driving back to our hotel after a lovely day on the north coast of Samos we drove through the town of Marathakampos. Out of nowhere came this view. We decided to search out the church and ended up on a tiny dead end street where a group of elderly gentlemen seemed to be enjoying a smoke, some late-afternoon ouzo and several games of chess (in that order, I think). Boy did they enjoy watching two women try to turn their car around (but probably not as much as we enjoyed watching them watch us turn the car around!). Marathakampos, Island of Samos, Greece. 25 July 2009.