Agapi Beach Heraklion
1A Malikouti Str. Heraklion, Crete, 710 02, Greece
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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 ...
Ancient Ruins in Crete
... the area were taken we decided to sleep on the floor, which, thankfully, was carpeted. We arrived in Heraklion early saturday morning and walked about twenty minutes to our hotel, where we had two hours to nap. We ate a lovely hotel breakfast and spent the next two days seeing sites such as the old palaces of Knossos and Phaistos, visiting an archaeological museum and using our free time to pick up souvenirs, and find a good ...
Sleeping with a goat
We checked out Rethymnont today which was a nice stop. Tons of shops and restaurants and we had a nice meal at Melody restaurant. At the hotel, I was called reception asking for feather pillows. She said they had a pillow menu and named off about 7 different pillow types but then said for you I recommend the 'anti-aging' pillow. I found that comment bizarre but I insisted upon the goat pillow. She ...
Closing out Crete - Back to Iraklion
... ready to settle in and prepare to take the ferry to Santorini the next morning. Again we encountered the adventures of driving in the old city. The Kastro is located in an area with extremely narrow streets. Unloading the car with traffic impatiently waiting for you to move on is like a NASCAR pit stop. We need more practice and a clear designation of the pit crew leader. ...
Thessaloniki to Crete
... driving. Parking spaces are impossible and the streets are jammed with cars. With sons named David in both of our families, we headed to Osios (Blessed) David's church, built in the 6th century, overlooking the city with some outstanding rare mosaics of a beardless Christ. Our GPS with a voice we now call "Zorbita", guided us to some ...



