Ormos Agios Nikolaos

... to be more restricted than my previous visit 25 years earlier. Access is not allowed today in many of the rooms and areas I previously visited. The restored frescoes of dolphins, charging bulls and other scenes were still worth seeing again and one could not help but marvel at the ingenious and lavish nature of the ancient Minoan civilization. The most spectacular piece of palace architecture is the grand staircase, leading to domestic apartments. Here ...

... were looking up! <br><br>We found a decent looking place to stay in (Kastro Hotel) on hostelbookers.com and opted to wander around there to see if we could get it a bit cheaper than on the net. Unfortunately, the map on the net wasn't correct and we ended up doing bog laps around Heraklion for AGES in the rain with our backpacks looking for the damn place. Every time we asked someone where it was they pointed us in another direction. I mean, if you don't know ...

... 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. <br><br>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 ...

... any discount for pensioners unless you're over 65), and we were greeted by a guide &#8211; Eva &#8211; she suggested that we would benefit from her services. She was right, without her knowledge and panache it could have been just another pile of rocks. It is a palace of the Minoan civilization that pre-dated the Greeks and ruled the Mediterranean with the world&#8217;s first navy. The myths about the Minoans (Minotaur, labyrinth) were probably inventions of ...

... flights) Where on earth would we find the patience to wait for 5 hours?? For comfort we recaived a £4.- voucher which we later spend on some lovely Marks &amp; Spencer's salads &amp; chocolate mouse =p. Although feeling rather stiff sitting on the wooden bench the time went quite fast while we where reading. (me Portraits by Cynthia Freeman, Eve 'Closer') and doing ...

... 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 ...

... now! alright and he was just WEIRD from the beginning no one asked him to come no one invited him (NOT that we would not have of course any of us would have said hey come with us but instead your man freakily walked behind us and then started talking to us like we were all best frieds..) <br><br>So we go to the pool bar and let me tell you the pool bar is this GREAT place a nice pool the deep end has to be at least 8 feet and the water is crisp and clean where you ...

... spanking my ass blowing a kiss on his ceiling over his bed and he refuses to take it down they were all laughing like WHAT NO and when girls say HEY I've seen you before I get to take the **** out fo them because I havent seen them and KNOW it's because they have been in his room! Some do NOT have the same sense of humor!!! Pitty for them!!!<br><br>SO it is as gorgeous here as ever took my breath away walking up to one rock (this FAR away beach) ok so I took a ...

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

... to visit the palace. The river is no longer there. There was also a theater here that was used only for ceremonies. It was never used for entertainment purposes but for sacrifices. Eventually, there will be compete restoration of the Palace, including all five original stories. After the Palace, we went to the Artifact's Museum. Again, this was over crowded and hard to see a lot of the artifacts. There were so many people there, it was ...