Kydon Chania

... invasion, mainly in May 1941. Alison&#8217;s father, Arch, fought in these battles, and was captured, spending most of the war in prison camps. <br><br>The city of Chania is on the sea with a beautiful Venetian waterfront, with lots of cafes (including a great gelateria with delicious sorbets) &#8211; our lunch included whitebait (which seemed to be battered sardines) in a café set in lovely surroundings &#8211; an old soap factory built ...

... seemed to be 60km/h, but the traffic flow was generally double that, so we moved as far right as possible and let everyone pass, whether in no-passing areas or on blind bends. After about an hour, as we drove beyond Rethymno we could see another road to seaward where we reckoned Platanes should be, but could not find a way to get to it. The instructions from RCI were from Iraklio and mentioned a village called Scalletta. We found that ...

...And of course, I overslept my alarm and awoke at 7:06am. In a display that still boggles my mind, I somehow managed to get ready and run to the main square by 7:12am. I definitely got a few stares from all the Greek people chilling on the streets as I crazily sprinted to the Starbucks a couple streets over. Luckily, we made it to our bus just in time.<br><br>Our bus went at breakneck speed as it wound up the top of the mountain (this seems to be a theme ...

We ended up taking a bus to a town called Rethmynos to see this big old fortress with a mosque and a church within it, overlooking the water. It was interesting enough, but then we headed to the main part of town, which our "trusty" Lonely Planet had referred to as the second most charming city in Crete. I can only come to the conclusion that Crete is full of some **** cities. It was a weird ghost town full of ...

... i want some new greek sandals!!! I am taking the over ngiht ferry to Athens on thursday arrivi9ng at 6 AM aghhhh I am going to ehad over to the hostel right away and leave my bag there I am so excited to walk down the streets I walked for 5 weeks and to smell the smells and to eat the food and to see if I recognize anyone!<br><br>I am getting so ridiculously excited to come home!!!! YAYYYY!!! I am ready now ...

... ebside her in he bikini is a virgin- get over it.<br><br>So I get back to the hostel and it is already WORLD news- Lindsey are you ok blah blah blah I wasn like yeah i's no problem yes he is a weird guy with a I am from another country complex but please do NOT think that I can not be there for myself. I very very nice of some fo the guiys though made me feel more secure and happy! <br><br>So actually for em it is very interesting t see this and it makes you think ...

... is back together! And how GREAT it is like no time has elapsed! HAVE been meeting some great "new people" and loving it! Dave called em the other night (the love of my life plutonic brother/housemate from ireland) I just happened (weirdly actually as I never have it on me) my cell! it started ringing during dinner look down DAVE!!! Jump out of my seat storm triumphantly out of the restaraunt and say whats up dick! (yes my name is usually dick but when I can I call ...

... are sitting on a terrace sipping fresh orange juice, enjoying baklava and listening to Grecian radio. Nex t week we will try to take a ferr to Italy so whish us good luck! I hope you are well and not becoming too jealous *g*<br><br>~*~<br><br>SMS from mum<br><br>- Liesel are you wlaking through the (Samarian) Gorge now? At the end you can take a boat. Love mama<br><br><br>

A mix of chocolate, cherry and banana as I taste my icecream. We arrived at Kissamos today and we treated ourselves on a well deserved treat. We are sitting on the main square shaded from the sun by big palm leaved parasols while the crickets make as much noise as possible so we don't forget them either. Now and then a car passes or a woman walking her dog. It's ...

... his word for it. The second snorkelling site was beside a small island where they used to dump people with leprosy before they were taken to a larger island with a hospital. There's no shade or fresh water on the island, so I don't imaging they survived for very long. On a happier note, there were quite a number of beautiful fish among the rocks around the island. The captain of the snorkelling boat is British but had been living ...