Arrival

What is immediately apparent about the island is that it is not wealthy. It is mountainous with potholed roads and shabby housing. This is not a place resourced to accept thousands of refugees, yet it has.
We hear from our car hire company that refugees have been making the treacherous crossing from Turkey for years, certainly for the twelve years that she's been here.
Driving away from the airport we come across the first boatload of relieved refugees about to board a bus to take them to the camp. A little further on a family is walking along the road with obvious smiles of relief.
It is strange to be in Greece in the cold, and cold it is. We arrive at the village where we have booked rooms and are thoroughly warmed by the welcome. Now to explore.