Grecotel Creta Palace Rethymnon

... memory is the cheese pie that we bought from a local bakery and some Greek cookies that hit the spot. Worst memory is that I couldn&#8217;t find an ATM that would take my US bank card which in turn prevented me from replenishing my dwindling supply of Euros which I would need two days later in Malta. <br><br>3. The Peugeot. It was a lot of fun to drive. Too bad we can&#8217;t get them in Canada.<br><br>4. It was dark by the time we returned to Aghios ...

... the bus (3 hour journey) to the town near where we were booked in for two nights. We arrived in the town, Chania, to discover there were no buses to anywhere near our hotel and we would have to catch a taxi. To complicate matters, Mark discovered that we had lost the credit card. Big Bugger. We managed to scrape together enough cash to pay for the taxi to our apartment / hotel room, which was LOVELY, but unfortunately in the MIDDLE OF NOWHERE! No cafes, no ...

... around the 18th Century BC, reaching its greatest power in the 4th Century BC. The site has a range of interesting artefacts including (from later periods) Roman cisterns, a Venetian monastery and a Turkish fort.<br><br>We continued on to Souda Bay to the war graves, a very moving place maintained beautifully by the Commonwealth Commission. It's peaceful now but the around 1500 graves are from soldiers who died defending Crete from a ...

... seemed to be 60km/h, but the traffic flow was generally double that, so we moved as far right as possible and let everyone pass, whether in no-passing areas or on blind bends. After about an hour, as we drove beyond Rethymno we could see another road to seaward where we reckoned Platanes should be, but could not find a way to get to it. The instructions from RCI were from Iraklio and mentioned a village called Scalletta. We found that ...

... Greek buses-my neck actually kept whipping up as I slept on a later bus to Heraklion. Needless to say, I will not miss Greek public transportation). Once we got to the top of the mountain, we got out of the bus only to be assailed by a lot of unpleasant wind. Some ***** who we dubbed the Last of the Samarians kept making us move to the back of the line because Courtney hadn't put her sneakers on yet. Then we were finally off on the part of the Greece trip ...

... stores with an underwhelming waterfront. We were glad in a way that we had gone though, if only to affirm that Chania was the best city to stay in. We got back to Chania for another late dinner -people eat so freaking late in Europe...I even saw a woman in sequinned booty shorts pushing a baby carriage around 11pm. Anyway, we went to bed early, but still dead tired, to get up for the 7:30am bus to Samaria Gorge.<br>

Yes so Dave arrived and it has been a ridiculous whirlwind! Everyone loves him which I obviously KNEW was going to happen! We have been having a great time and GREAT weather! <br><br>Yesterday was a total write off for me I ended up sitting with Dave and Odetta AKA Bob till 8:30 in the morning partying and slept till 3 and that was it went back to bed again at midnight! my body is so SOAR today from all that ...

... I was like umm whatever "whats UP"! then he SPANKED ME I turned to him and said do not EVER touch me then walked past and that was it they are being thrown out of the hostel tomorrow it's liek a small village here!<br><br>NOW I do not feel worried or threatened by him I feel yes a little freaked out but honestly it is more of a nussiance for me.<br><br>SOOOO the question is THIS do you give a little waver towards cultural differences because YES he is coming from a ...

... are sitting on a terrace sipping fresh orange juice, enjoying baklava and listening to Grecian radio. Nex t week we will try to take a ferr to Italy so whish us good luck! I hope you are well and not becoming too jealous *g*<br><br>~*~<br><br>SMS from mum<br><br>- Liesel are you wlaking through the (Samarian) Gorge now? At the end you can take a boat. Love mama<br><br><br>

... would be a really nice, busy place in the peak season but in the low season most shops are closed and it's quite desserted. There's one main street along the beach with a ton of cafes, shops, and restaurants although most of them are closed. The beach also seems to be neglected; like they only clean and comb it in the busy season because it's very very dirty and polluted. The ...