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Tourists in Heraklion
This is unfortunately our last day in Crete and we decide to spend it in Heraklion with a visit to its very famous museum. The museum is actually under refurbishment at the moment but thank god they had a temporary exhibition set-up next door. Mum would have ...
Rethymnon & Phaestos
Today we spent the morning in Rethymnon, a lovely town about 60km East of Heraklion. We like Rethymnon way more than Heraklion. There is a lovely market in the old town and a beautiful little harbour area whit loads of restaurants by the water. Highly recommended!!! After spending a few hours in town we head for lunch in a little village by the sea, called Ayia Gallini. Food is nice and prices are good too. A nice place to stop for a bite. Next step, ...
Coastal Road to Panormo
... our way to complete the last 10km or so to Panormo and the hotel, however the system of on and off slips on the main coast road leaves a lot to be desired and so we manage to miss the hotel completely and only realise when we approach the outskirts of Rethymon. We quickly spin the car around and head back eastwards to where we roughly think the hotel is located, and by pure chance manage to come off the road at ...
Cruise Phase 1
... to eat or drink! There are over 700 staff on board from many different nations. Their service and attention to our needs is wonderful, nothing is too much trouble.
To date, five days into the cruise we have visited Dubrovnik, Kotor, Corfu and Monemvasia. The schedule is good. We sail overnight and spend the entire day in port. Monemvasia has been the most impressive, very similar to Mont Saint Michel in France. Unfortunately there have been other cruise ships in ...
Arrived in Heraklion
The flight lasts about 3 hours taking us directly from London to Heraklion, Crete. As we step out of the plane in the heat, Paulo and I look at each other, without saying anything, but with a big grin on our faces. Rainy Londonland is a far far away memory now!! Heraklion airport reminds me of the small southern Italian airports I went through in my past, with all the cars beeping around, people shouting ...