Travel: Island in the sun; HARRY ARNOLD FINDS PEACE ON SAMOS.(Features)

The Mirror (London, England) | June 7, 2003 | Copyright

Byline: HARRY ARNOLD

THE waitress had a South African accent, the porter sounded Canadian and the barman in our hotel spoke in such an Aussie twang that we nicknamed him Crocodile Dundee. This was the Greek island of Samos, so what exactly was going on?

Vasilis Moulas, owner of the Oriental Garden Chinese restaurant in Samos's bustling resort of Pythagorio, was able to throw a little light on the matter.

"Things were so bad after the Second World War that many people left and settled all over the world. Now, their children are coming back because ...

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