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Milos is amazing!! Way better than Mykonos in my opinion
 
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xmelissaa said:
Milos is amazing!! Way better than Mykonos in my opinion
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So is Syros,Folegandros, Tinos, Naxos,Paris,Andros,Spetses,Aegina,Halkidiki,Skiathos.... Hmmmmm!!.And I used to live in Mykonos??!!.. which is not the same island I came to live in early 90s anymore!...........I can go on but I am at my eye clinic so I will stop.Kalley Mera
 
I'm thinking of going to Ikaria this year. Our Athenian friends recommend Milos. I went to Naxos some years ago and loved swimming in the seas below the temple of Apollo. All these islands are magical. You truly feel like you are living in the land of the gods.
 
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Enjoy!...My friend told me about Kithira..... Like Mykonos 50 years ago!... The Orthodox church is inviting people to relocate as they need more habitants...If my circumstances were different I would move tomorrow!

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Vangelis said:
I'm thinking of going to Ikaria this year. Our Athenian friends recommend Milos. I went to Naxos some years ago and loved swimming in the seas below the temple of Apollo. All these islands are magical. You truly feel like you are living in the land of the gods.
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