Evelyn Beach Hersonissos
Hersonissos, Crete, 700 14, 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 ...
Ancient Ruins in Crete
Ahhh Crete. One of the many fantastic places I have been wanting to visit during my time here in Greece. My journey began with a ten hour ferry ride from Peiraeus to Heraklion (Athens to Crete). Apparently there was some confusion about our tickets and we were supposed to have cabins but ended up having to stay in the dining area instead. So I stayed up in the cafe chatting with the other ten or so students on the trip. As the ...
Sleeping with a goat
We checked out Rethymnont today which was a nice stop. Tons of shops and restaurants and we had a nice meal at Melody restaurant. At the hotel, I was called reception asking for feather pillows. She said they had a pillow menu and named off about 7 different pillow types but then said for you I recommend the 'anti-aging' pillow. I found that comment bizarre but I insisted upon the goat pillow. She ...
Closing out Crete - Back to Iraklion
... to support multiple floors, it appears fire may have been the biggest culprit in destroying the palaces. You would have thought they would have learned after the first destruction. Since archeologists have not been able to interpret what (very) little the Minoans wrote, it appears the reason for the sudden decline of the Minoans will remain as historical speculation. We engaged ...
Windy City
Beautiful resort but not a lot to do as a result of the crazy wind. We decided to take a drive to nearby Agios Nikolaos which was a worthwhile place to check out but nothing special. We had a nice view from the restaurant for dinner which was the ...



