Sirius Apartments Hersonissos
43, Demokratias Street Hersonissos, Crete, 70014, Greece
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Still off Libya
Tuesday 17th January 2012
The accommodation for everybody on board starts on C deck and as your status increases, so too does your deck letter with the Captain and Chief Engineer sharing G deck. (Loaded as we are, no cabins from C to G have a view forward or aft.) On F there are 4 passenger cabins, the Chief Mate and 2nd Engineer - 6 cabins in total. 5 of these, including mine, face forwards and the 4th passenger cabin, known as 'Owner', has ...
Off Libya
Monday 16th January 2012
I have just put Shania Twain on. Not Enya, Billie Holiday or Eva Cassidy - good as these artistes are, they have a tendency towards the darker side of life - and I need a bit of cheering up.
Winter has returned (11° and drizzle), I'm not sure I can live with Max Gross outside my windows and the toilet's blocked. Well it's not actually blocked, it is a pressurized system like those on ...
Foto-Safari & Sea Shanties
We spent the morning strolling thru Heraklion. The tourist season is mainly over here as well. Also, it was Sunday so not many shops were open. We saw a lot of well dressed locals, probably all returning from church.
(We don't really have anymore to say about it...)
We had lunch on deck and as usual watched the guys set the sails. At 3pm ...
Palace of Knossos & Lasithi Valley
... br> Maria took us on a Volkswalk through the villages of the Lasithi Valley. The Greek Orthodox people hold a memorial service on the day of death; 3 days; 9 days; 40 days; l year; and 3 years to remember the dead. There are service announcements posted throughout the village.
There were several windmills along the roads. At one time, there were over 7,000 white sail clothed ...
Ancient Ruins in Crete
Ahhh Crete. One of the many fantastic places I have been wanting to visit during my time here in Greece. My journey began with a ten hour ferry ride from Peiraeus to Heraklion (Athens to Crete). Apparently there was some confusion about our tickets and we were supposed to have cabins but ended up having to stay in the dining area instead. So I stayed up in the cafe chatting with the other ten or so students on the trip. As the ...



