Hotel Adonis Hersonissos
12 Giamboudaki Hersonissos, Crete, 700 14, 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.
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We had lunch on deck and as usual watched the guys set the sails. At 3pm ...
Rethymno & Imbros Gorge
Today is St. George Day in the Greek Orthodox church. Maria explained that they celebrate their Name Day which is the day of the saint they were named for at their baptism rather than their Birthday. She also said that they don't separate their daily life from their religious life. However, we also learned that 52% of the population in Greece are civil servants including the Greek Orthodox ...
A time to do NOTHING but chill..
... the time to relax and catch up on a few things. We were imersed with the best 'Pita Gyros' ever - esentially a kebab with fries only Greek style! It's ground breaking to say the least..
The weather wasn't brilliant but the Greek girls made up for it! The local men had no idea how lucky they are...it's as if they have their own little world down on Crete!
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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 ...


