Chrissi Amoudia (Ai) Hersonissos

... get a sense of how noble Minoans lived. The site leaves many questions as to what ultimately happened to this civilization that disappeared after 1380 BC when a fire destroyed much of the site. <br><br>2. We left the palace shortly after 3 and drove to nearby Heraklion, Crete's largest city and home to the Archaeological Museum. David and Holly visited the museum while the rest of us explored the city, which had changed dramatically since my last visit ...

Well I suppose we were pretty spoilt in Santorini. But I have to say Crete wasn't exactly what we had in mind!<br><br>We left Santorini on the slow boat (took about 3 hours) to Crete (which we heard was fabulous) and were sorely disappointed!<br><br>The weather was grey and pouring with rain - like really p!ssing down - and neither of us had any wet weather gear (or cagoules). Bugger. Not such good weather for people with yucky head colds!<br><br>Anyway, we ...

... deck overlooking the harbor and old Venetian walls, as well as the Mt. Idi mountains. Not shabby - we even get a couple of chaises. Of course we won't actually be spending much time lounging around the hotel because we have to see the Minoans. <br><br>We went off in search of food and found a quiet taverna - crushed fresh tomatoes and olive oil on a baked brown bread; greek tomato, feta, pepper, and olive salad; and ...

We had decided to go to Knossos on our last full day (Friday) as it is close to Iraklio where Chris and Milly will fly from on Friday night. But it made sense to take the last day in a more leisurely fashion and visit the Minoan palace of Knossos on Thursday. So we did.<br><br>After a brisk drive through the usual nightmare traffic and narrow streets, and our usual lunch, this time just across the road from the palace, we entered the grounds. The entry fee is &#8364;6 ...

... 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 ...

... i want some new greek sandals!!! I am taking the over ngiht ferry to Athens on thursday arrivi9ng at 6 AM aghhhh I am going to ehad over to the hostel right away and leave my bag there I am so excited to walk down the streets I walked for 5 weeks and to smell the smells and to eat the food and to see if I recognize anyone!<br><br>I am getting so ridiculously excited to come home!!!! YAYYYY!!! I am ready now ...

... MAYBE this would deter weirdass pakistan but nope he then was asking Gareth (who is from Belfast and ok lets face it strict religion- not that he is) if he could be his "special" friend (whatever that means) and that he was asking if there was any women that he could ahve SEX TIME WITH- yeah so FREAK! Group consensus NOPE WEIRD. so he was going to the bathroom every 20 min we were like small bladder?? so I would use the bathroom when I saw him coming back from it ...

... in two snaps he has his flight booked will be here on sat night!!!! WOOHOOOOO<br><br>SO everyone here is all really excited and very supportive "we can't WAIT to meet him!!!" as I ahve told many crazy Dave stories and they ahev all been creepin on my face book seeing him in what they thought was MY pink Pjs but after I explained NO they are his they obviously asked .. "is he gay" i laugh NOPE although sometiems he plays it! I told them about how I put my picture of ...

... I really REALLY needed it last year.<br><br>sooooo yes it took me 46 crazy hours to get here I slept in an airport I slept (actually maybe all of one hour) at the bus station last night! I got into the Athens airport after the night before checking things ont he computer and last minute said f it I am just going to fly to Athens (way faster a little more expansive mind you but I just needed OUT of Croatia! so spent the night in the airport with ...

... because of the remote location away from the main strip of bars and clubs, we didn't recieve many young, fun-seeking tourists - only older Dutch couples/families that were staying in the apartment block. Nikki, who I worked alongside in the bar, being Dutch, spoke in Dutch to the customers. This was fair enough, and I could understand this suited her and the customers better than speaking in English. While I tried to pay attention and look involved in bar conversations ...