Golden Villas Hersonissos
Drapanos Hersonissos, Crete, 70014, Greece
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Foto-Safari & Sea Shanties
We spent the morning strolling thru Heraklion. The tourist season is mainly over here as well. Also, it was Sunday so not many shops were open. We saw a lot of well dressed locals, probably all returning from church.
(We don't really have anymore to say about it...)
We had lunch on deck and as usual watched the guys set the sails. At 3pm ...
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 ...
Sleeping with a goat
... that the anti-aging pillow is the goat pillow. I said we will take two goats and call it a night. She didn't quite understand why I was laughing the entire time. 10 minutes later two housekeepers came and brought the thinnest pillows I have ever seen and spent a few minutes putting the pillows together. It sounded like beads and we were told the pillows were filled with 100% cherry pits. So not ...
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 ...



