Built around a Venetian Fortress, the streets were cobblestone and the alleyways were again packed with shops, which were all slumbering at the moment we arrived. We found our hotel (Hotel Faro – meaning lighthouse) and when the keeper showed us to our room we thought there had been a mistake. “I know, I know, it’s okay, I know,” he said in a soft Greek accent as if to calm us from the shock of looking at a full suite complete with a large balcony that looked over the waterfront restaurants. A part of the Venetian fortress stood proudly in our view, making the whole scene even more poetic. Luck had smiled upon us due to the fact that another guest had decided to stay in the room that was supposed to be ours and because
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