Eleni Palace Heraklion
Milou 12, Amoudara Heraklion, Crete, 71414, Greece
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Foto-Safari & Sea Shanties
... the walk-a-mile group for the daily rounds. Our group got bigger today, I assume more people realized that their pants got tighter.
After that our cruise director Lisa announced a surprise: we were going to do a foto-safari. We got divided into small groups, had to put on life jackets and then boarded the zodiacs. Entering the zodiacs ...
Heraklion - It's Heaven versus Hell!
... on last night. It was a variety show of singers, dancers, jugglers and more dancers. The show was full of energy and vibrance. I’m even finding if difficult to make a sarcastic remark about this performance.
Monday 17th October. At 8am, the alarm went off. It was still a pretty rough night with the ship rocking for most of it. It didn’t disturb either of us much but both had our fingers crossed that we have now left the bad weather ...
Ancient Ruins in Crete
... to eat and stay out of the rain, which fell both days of our trip on and off. On Sunday we stopped at Matala, a city on the southern side of Crete almost directly opposite Heraklion. We had some free time to explore the city and found the old roman cemetery. This consisted of a series of caves carved into the white limestone where people lived and where, later on, the dead were placed. While exploring the caves the clouds once ...
Closing out Crete - Back to Iraklion
... Car deposited safely, instructions on walking to the ferries in the morning and a good night of quite sleep
Thus far we have been, as my son David said, drinking out of a fire hose of history. Tomorrow morning we board a ferry to the fantasy land of Santorini. I think we can settle into sunshine and relaxation. We have enjoyed the history, but it is time to move on.
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Thessaloniki to Crete
... the international security risk was not there. Landing in Iraklion, Crete we were immediately greeted with a sign of economic turmoil, a taxi strike. The city bus folks assured us the "blue" bus would pass by our hotel and drop us at their door. They dropped us close to a mile away at the Costello Hotel while we were staying at the ...



