Albatros Hotel Hersonissos

... 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 ...

... just say! Don't just point in any ******n direction and send people on a wild goose chase! Breathe... Luckily, it just so happened that after we had a bite to eat and set off on the search again we found the hotel! Geez! Bout time! <br><br>So we pretty much stayed the night then flew out the next morning - that part was really good! Except for when we were in ****** Iraklio airport and all the power went out. Nobody so much as batted an eyelid. Typical.<br><br>

... local sausages from Rethmyio rounded out our meal. After some false starts looking for the bus station, we had a hot slow bus trip out to Knossos, the vast Minoan palace excavated and somewhat Disnified by Arthur Evans in the 1900s. That palace dates from 1700-1400 BC and is a large structure of 1300 rooms. The palace is known for its frescoes, labyrinthian ways, Minoan columns, and frescoes. It also contains the earliest ...

... any discount for pensioners unless you're over 65), and we were greeted by a guide &#8211; Eva &#8211; she suggested that we would benefit from her services. She was right, without her knowledge and panache it could have been just another pile of rocks. It is a palace of the Minoan civilization that pre-dated the Greeks and ruled the Mediterranean with the world&#8217;s first navy. The myths about the Minoans (Minotaur, labyrinth) were probably inventions of ...

... flights) Where on earth would we find the patience to wait for 5 hours?? For comfort we recaived a £4.- voucher which we later spend on some lovely Marks &amp; Spencer's salads &amp; chocolate mouse =p. Although feeling rather stiff sitting on the wooden bench the time went quite fast while we where reading. (me Portraits by Cynthia Freeman, Eve 'Closer') and doing ...

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 ...

... self- BUT he ends up sitting with pakistan and he wants a beer- WHAT I thought it was a no- no but ok whatever maybe when no one else is around (religion??? nor alcohol??)??? So then he buys Pakistan a beer and ok maybe I might be a little bit of a cheap ass but he doesn't even say THANK YOU! thats 2.50 EURO baby! ok whatever get over it. so the guy is strange staring and he put his hand on my leg and I was like umm wha? NO. so then he put his hand on my hand and ...

... on it before he can call me!@) he says HEY hows it goign I said GREAT hows it goingyourself ... I'M BORED where are you! I said Crete havinga BLAST why don't you come! he goes OK! I started laughing ummm ok? ok? OK!!!! AWESOME! let me just make sure there isroom for you! NOPE no room so not the next day but the day after I almost threw myself on the ground PLEADING with Chris the hostel manager/owner PLEASSSEEEEEEE ok.. we will amke it work he says. call davey ...

This is where David Gall told us to stay. It was deserted...we had a hard time finding somewhere to eat lunch because very few restaurants were open. We ended up eating Italian because that's all we could find. Luckily that night we found a Gyro ...