Mythos Palace (Mount View- Hb) Chania

... bakery had run out on Monday night and he had to do with another sweet pastry shaped like a dog ****, and another that appeared to be covered with fine hair. Normal service was resumed the following day though.

Chania

On Tuesday we drove to Chania to visit the Allied war graves at Souda Bay. On the way (sort of) we detoured into the hills to see the ruins of Aptera. This is the site of an ancient city founded around the 18th Century ...

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Milly and Chris were arriving at Iraklio at around 10.30pm, but w4e did not want to try finding the airport in the dark so drove there in the later afternoon. This was again not an easy drive, but the road improved as we neared Iraklio and there was not as much bad language.

After locating the airport and driving around it a few times to get out we decided to drive to Keratos, an area by the beach about 4kms from the ...

... donkeys wait to take any unlucky hiker who couldn't finish and had to be taken back.

At the end of the hike, we only had to walk 2 km more to get to the Libyan Sea, the perfect place to jump in after a long, sweaty hike. This end of the island was super remote and we ended up in one of the tiniest villages I've ever seen. There wasn't an ATM either, so luckily Brenden had cash, otherwise we would've missed the last boat to the last bus in Chania.

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 ...

Yes so Dave arrived and it has been a ridiculous whirlwind! Everyone loves him which I obviously KNEW was going to happen! We have been having a great time and GREAT weather!

Yesterday was a total write off for me I ended up sitting with Dave and Odetta AKA Bob till 8:30 in the morning partying and slept till 3 and that was it went back to bed again at midnight! my body is so SOAR today from all that ...

... self- BUT he ends up sitting with pakistan and he wants a beer- WHAT I thought it was a no- no but ok whatever maybe when no one else is around (religion??? nor alcohol??)??? So then he buys Pakistan a beer and ok maybe I might be a little bit of a cheap ass but he doesn't even say THANK YOU! thats 2.50 EURO baby! ok whatever get over it. so the guy is strange staring and he put his hand on my leg and I was like umm wha? NO. so then he put his hand on my hand and ...

ok so I have gone this long in my life and hear I am thinking how WONDERFUL life is sitting in the shade of a olive trea feet up on another chair reading an engaging book sipping on Ouzo and coke and then BAM sharp pain in ALMOST my arm pit! AGHHHHH I YELP a high pitch EEEE into the air jumping out of my seat slapping at myself profusly (thinking a nasty spider has copme along dropped on me bitten me and is now in my dress) but NO look into where the pain was (hard ...

... 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*

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SMS from mum

- Liesel are you wlaking through the (Samarian) Gorge now? At the end you can take a boat. Love mama

... sitting here :o) It took quite a feet to get here though. I Malame we had to wait at leats an hour for our bus. Every busdriver that passed in a bus said "the next bus!" We wondered if we ust imagined reading about the bus to Kastelli. We wlaked to the next bus station when - finally- a helpful man from the bus told us it wouldn't be here for another 20 minutes.

... we did have a swim at almeridas cute little beach. Saul and Kris convinced me to do a bit of rock hopping with them over the very sharp volcanic rock, so we could swim in the deeper water off the rocks, I made it to the water eventually with a lot of help from the boys. The water is pretty fresh, but clear so you can see everything underneath you. It has that tropical look where its aqua when there is sand and that bright blue where ...