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Bozcaada is a magical island in the northern Aegean Sea known for its natural beauty and its wine. The island, still commonly known by its Greek name, Tenedos (Τένεδος), was off limits to foreign tourists until the 1990s.

To get to Bozcaada, I took the ferry from Geyikli on the mainland. Ferries only run a few times a day and round trip tickets can be purchased from the ferry terminal there. I arrived on a minibus from Çanakkale and missed the ferry by 10 minutes. I had to wait another four hours for the next one.

Samsun for me was a lot of wasted time. For a large city with such a long history, the sites were mostly uninteresting and uninspiring. I felt my full day there was too much, and a half day would have served it well enough.

The city of Sinop sits on a small peninsula that juts out into the Black Sea. I wasn’t expecting much from my visit but it turned out to be a very friendly and beautiful place to spend a couple days.