Erato Heraklion
Grournes Pediados Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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Foto-Safari & Sea Shanties
... some) quite difficult as there were a lot of waves. The tour on the zodiac was quite rocky but well worth! We went all around the Sea Cloud with short stops to take pictures. With the blue sky and a few clouds we had an amazing scenery. It was really great!!!
The last zodiac was not full, so lucky me got a second round :-)
We ...
Heraklion - It's Heaven versus Hell!
... The web cam must have been in colour after all. What greeted me was sheet rain. The sky was completely overcast giving everything a black and white appearance. I limped back to the cabin to give Roisin the latest weather report.
Heraklion is the largest city in Crete and the 4th largest city in Greece with a population of about 131,000. Due to the inclement weather, Roisin and I decided to take our time in having breakfast. Perhaps the weather will ...
Ancient Ruins in Crete
... loose and we were forced to seek shelter in a cave until the rain let up enough to run to the nearest restaurant for some warm food and hot chocolate. We returned to Athens Sunday night, another ten hour ride with little to no sleep, and then took a bus from the port to school. I returned home Monday morning at 8:30 am with class at 11 am. Even with the rain and long long long ferry ride, I would still consider the weekend a success. ...
Closing out Crete - Back to Iraklion
Saturday 10/1
A leisurely breakfast and good conversation with our innkeeper and we finally pulled out of Channia at noon. First destination was Knossos, the site of a very large royal Minoan palace. Like Gortyns, it got busted up around 1700 BC with an earthquake, rebuilt and then Minoan civilization crumbled around 1450 BC. Because the Minoans were using wooden ...
Thessaloniki to Crete
... oh the adventures of communicating in Greece) We walked. "Zorbita the GPS" guided the party of 4, tugging our luggage, to the hotel.
The Kastro Hotel is in the old city (very narrow roads), decent but way not fancy but with an extraordinarily helpful desk manager who arranged for a rental car and directions for the following ...



