Athinaiko Heraklion

... and we had about one hour before the ship was scheduled to sail at 8 pm. Sandra was nursing a cold (blame the bus air conditioning), so she headed back to the ship with David and Holly while the rest of us strolled the shops that were still open. I found a couple of reasonable souvenirs among the stores offering traditional Cretan artwork, copies of pieces from different archaeological museums, jewelry and embroidery. And Yahoo! I found an ATM ...

... no supermarkets, no shops, nada! By this stage we were starving as well, so the kind man who ran the hotel took pity on us and loaned us his car to take into the "nearby" village.... which was pretty much deserted. Sigh. We bought a loaf of bread, a tomato, some cheese and some ham, which was to be our dinner, and then our breakfast and lunch for the next day.

We decided one night in solitude was more than enough for both of us so packed up our gear ...

Yesterday we got up at 5am in order to catch our plane from Santorini. Most of our group was on the same plane , so we said our sleepy good byes. We flew on Aegean Air which has nice new planes. We went to Athens and then basically retraced the short flight by flying to Crete. We staggered into hotel Lato at 10am where we received a special bonus upgrade to the 5th floor executive suite. 2 rooms on the 5th floor with an ...

... was magic but the cocktails were dreadful. Kevin’s martini had ouzo in it but the barman refused to do another. Chris’ margharita seemed to be alcohol free and Milly’s Manhattan didn’t taste very good. So we moved to Axos for more drinks – this time excellent, and then to our favourite eating place, Yannis, for dinner. The drinks and food there were superb too and they gave us free cheese pies and raki (as if we needed more booze). Nice.

... on the house with George. There is a wonderful array of people sitting at the bar in the evening,(mostly long time friends of George) of all ages and from all over the world and they just all seem to gel even though some of them have just got to know each other. We spent some wonderful evenings at this bar and are so thankful we found this campsite as it is by far the best, cheapest and friendliest on Crete.
It is a very clean and has ...

... ago whemn it said it was still delayed! So we rushed towards our gate (of course first through security) and me making some impressive acrobatic moves trying not to fall with my slippery flipflops on the marble stones. But we made it and are now on our way to Crete! I think that's all for now. Oh I just spend £2,- on a cup of tea! How expensive can it be?!

Holly

... was the right decision for me! I got here and it was just after 7 chris the manager gives me a big hug LINDSEY! adn then says honerary shot! we have to do a shot of Raki at 720 in the morning! I almost lost it! then finally LOVE OF ALL LOVES a nice COLD??? Shower whatever a showers a shower! then a big Mythos beer! LIFE IS GOOD now if those bums don't wake up soon I am going to go and jump on each and everyone of their beds!

Happy to be here!

Linds

... spirit… sau asa am simtit eu, in cele 14 zile cat am fost in Grecia.

In Romania biserica ortodoxa e mai putin bogata in imobile, dar sper mai profunda in spirit. Desi face progrese.

Daca ar fi dupa mine as lasa afacerile imobiliare pe mana lui Kir Paschalis sau Dl. Ionescu iar parintele Antim sau parintele Nicodim s-ar preocupa de casa spiritului pentru sufletele noastre. Asta e menirea lor.

Dar pana la urma, ce stiu eu?

... with the shampoo and soap I bought, sparing the dish detergent -- and hurry downstairs to try to sneak out before breakfast. I hear the girl stirring in the kitchen, but duck through the door into the shop, where my bag hooks on a tall rack of jewelry and almost lands on the floor. I ease it back into place and step out into the street. It's roughly 20 euros for a return ticket to Iraklion - a bargain for a 5-hour ...

... awhile until our appetite got the better of us. After dinner, we meet our entire hostel plus the odds nad ends of people scattered around the town. it seeemed mainly to be people who were working there for the summer. we met one guy whos job was to drink beer, flirt and dance around. thatis right! he hung out at various beaches and pools during hte day, telling people to go to flame bar. then he went to the bar every night, had free drinks and danced around. and if only ...