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Foto-Safari & Sea Shanties
... rest of the afternoon on deck and watched the riggers strike the sails. (I learned that it is called "strike the sails" when they take them away.)
After dinner we went to the lido bar where we enjoyed the performance of the "Sea Cloud Shanties". The crew dressed up and sang sea shanties in English, German and Filipino. It was a lot of fun.
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Ancient Ruins in Crete
... the area were taken we decided to sleep on the floor, which, thankfully, was carpeted. We arrived in Heraklion early saturday morning and walked about twenty minutes to our hotel, where we had two hours to nap. We ate a lovely hotel breakfast and spent the next two days seeing sites such as the old palaces of Knossos and Phaistos, visiting an archaeological museum and using our free time to pick up souvenirs, and find a good ...
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
... 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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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 ...


