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The island of Ios has been called wild, transformative, magical, amazing, clear and clean. That it is. Believed to be the burial place of Homer, it has become one of the party centers of Europe. However, if partying is still de rigeur for the young, I find its sweeping pallet of pastel colors as dizzying as any snifter of brandy.