"Sacha" <sa...@nowhere.com> wrote in message

> My least favourite was Rhodes but I'd be pushed to choose a favourite.
> Stromboli would have been very interesting had the volcano performed for
> us.  Loved the Lavezzi islands and Delos is magical but in a sense doesn't
> count because you can't stay there.  Samos was very pretty and we really
> liked Kastellorizo, so-so about Mykonos because of the noisy night life.
> Santorini is absolutely fascinating but we couldn't stay there long and
> the eastern side of Crete is super, especially up in the hills behind
> Elounda.  And that makes me wonder, has anyone read The Island by Victoria
> Hislop?  It sounds very morbid but it's actually a wonderful story about
> the island of Spinalonga, off Crete, in the days when it was a leper
> colony.
> So - favourite island anyone?  I was interested to learn there are Channel
> Islands off the coast of California and that they're a terrific nature
> reserve, I believe.  I do love small islands.  But I didn't want to land
> on Alcatraz -- too forbidding and sad, even from a boat.
> --
> Sacha