Hotel Aks Annabelle Village Hersonissos

... deck overlooking the harbor and old Venetian walls, as well as the Mt. Idi mountains. Not shabby - we even get a couple of chaises. Of course we won't actually be spending much time lounging around the hotel because we have to see the Minoans.

We went off in search of food and found a quiet taverna - crushed fresh tomatoes and olive oil on a baked brown bread; greek tomato, feta, pepper, and olive salad; and ...

We had decided to go to Knossos on our last full day (Friday) as it is close to Iraklio where Chris and Milly will fly from on Friday night. But it made sense to take the last day in a more leisurely fashion and visit the Minoan palace of Knossos on Thursday. So we did.

After a brisk drive through the usual nightmare traffic and narrow streets, and our usual lunch, this time just across the road from the palace, we entered the grounds. The entry fee is €6 ...

We had a delay. Got up around 3:45 am and left Rose Cottage at 4 O'Clock for the airport. It was already starting to get lioght as we cruised by sleeping English villages. By the time we arrived at the airport it was fully light. Stood in a lond que(sp?) for check-in where we were told that our plane was delayed adnd that would we would hear further news at 10 am! (the joy of ...

... and doing nothing!

I can't believe I only have 2 ngihts left here! The time is coming so fast!!!! Dave is thinking about staying another week! ahha this place it is just like the Hotel California song you can check out but you can never leave! He is already planning on coming back next August and was devising a plan so that I could meet him here for 2 weeks haha! I am excited to go back to Athens and go ...

... about that later

So I am just putting the toothbrush in my mouth when one of the bathroom doors opens up and this (could be if it wasn't for his personality) decent lookiong guy emerges saying HELLO where are you from- me in my bikini bed head make up from the night before toothbrush in mouth says "canphada" and Yuuuurrrrppphhselllff while spitting out toothpaste Pakistan- ok cool "well never met anyone form Pakistan before!" shook his hand and now he is trying ...

... telling my friends how mom wanted to go on my travel blog and fix all the spelling and grammer and accidently let it slide that I have no IDEA what the hell the difference is between all the "theirs..." are! geeze do NOT ever tell that to a teacher ;-))

So since I am not in transit to anywhere else until the 20th (back to Athens so I can rewalk old times geta little sappy and sweat my ass off!) not sure how much I will be writing here!

Ok Dokey! CHEERS!!!!

... I love passport stamps! then on my way to Athens!

the funny thing was I hardly got ANY sleep at the BRIGHT tiny TINY airport with crazy children running around so as soon as I got on the plain I was OUT COLD I didn't even know we had taken off until soemone was shaking me (each time) that the flight was over and they would liek to get out of their seats! haha ok! so got to Athens and was DREADING the bus to the port adn then trying to get a ...

We didn't have much time here but my wife, one of my sisters and my brother-in-law walked around the town square and did a little shopping. There was a jazz exhibit at a local church that we checked out. They had some wonderful pictures of Louie Armstrong, Miles Davis and other icons of the jazz world. One of my nephews went to the beach and his mom, brother and his fiancé took a tour. My two ...

Through a series of unfortunate events, this is the sole remaining picture of our magical day in Crete. In all of my genius I deleted the Crete and Turkey photos by accident and boy was that ever a sad day. Of course the first thing I did after getting home from the cruise was upload the Sbux series to Facebook, so now the Starbucks photo is the only one left of Crete :(

... Today, with a final score of 4 to 1, all the Dutch are happy. Even though the girls and I know almost nothing about soccer, we found ourselves drawn into the excitement. We had to stop to watch the last half hour of play. Today, we're planning to go to a taverna at 9:45pm to watch the Greece-Russia game. Why not get into the European scene here? Today, we took a bus into Iraklio to shop at the mid-town market and to see Knossos. Because the ...