Golden Beach Hersonissos

... to be more restricted than my previous visit 25 years earlier. Access is not allowed today in many of the rooms and areas I previously visited. The restored frescoes of dolphins, charging bulls and other scenes were still worth seeing again and one could not help but marvel at the ingenious and lavish nature of the ancient Minoan civilization. The most spectacular piece of palace architecture is the grand staircase, leading to domestic apartments. Here ...

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 ...

... of a water flushing toilet.<br><br>Today we will wander around the old city with trips to the open air market and the archeological museum. <br><br>The ferry and airplane rides seem to affect my (Nancy's) inner ear in a way that on land, everything continues to move. It is annoying and made hiking up and down rocky hillsides a little extra challenging. Hopefully it will quiet down now that there are nop more ferry rides.

... Greek story tellers - the Minoans were highly organized and technologically advanced some 4000 years ago, and well before the Greeks. The palace grounds were bought from the Turks in 1900, by a British archaeologist, Harold Evans, and he spent the next 35 years investigating and restoring (controversially) the ruins. Well done Evans and another yah boo sucks to Lord Elgin. <br><br>We went to one of the beach front bars near Leoniki Residence for cocktails. The view at ...

... My iPod decided it had enough and decided it didn't have aenough energy left =( me being rather annoyed since I had fully charged it that same night &lt;&lt; (btw I think we are just flying over Garda Lake in Italy!). Took a stroll outside and by the time we ate our salads and I looked on the information board it said that our flight/gate was closing! Now we looked about 12 ...

... a while but I am really ready and looking forward to it! Flying into Vancouver next wednesday then somehow getting over to Victoria where will meet dad, Lena and Karen then on friday mom is arriving! oh man it is going to be so much fun! then on sunday we are all flying home together! Which I think is really nice!<br><br>So thats about it have to get out in that sunshine to keep up my dark tan ;-)) Life is so hard!!!

... me thinking WIERDOOOOO- oh and yes he invited me to come to the beach with him- yeah thanks NOPE!<br><br>SO I fake going back to bed fake is me trying to fake myself back into sleeping I was pretending to sleep in order for my body to think I was and actually FALL asleep but nope just daydreamed about my terrible new book where this murderer is being called the new jesus and is trying to donate his heart to the daughter of the family he murdered- messed yes! so get ...

... 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 ...

... 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!<br><br>Happy to be here!<br><br>Linds

... are walls and the reconstructions of some columns and rooms. The sun was atrocious so we took our time, resting under the pine trees between seeing sections of the palace. There were many tourists there, but not quite so many as on the Acropolis. Again, lots of tour groups. The air here just screams "Take a nap!", so that's what we did when we got back. G and I overslept our meeting time with the girls. Oops! Now we're off to eat, once I pry G away from his computer game.