Silva Maris Beachfront Resort Hotel 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 ...

... any discount for pensioners unless you're over 65), and we were greeted by a guide – Eva – 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’s first navy. The myths about the Minoans (Minotaur, labyrinth) were probably inventions of ...

... ago whemn it said it was still delayed! So we rushed towards our gate (of course first through security) and me making some impressive acrobatic moves trying not to fall with my slippery flipflops on the marble stones. But we made it and are now on our way to Crete! I think that's all for now. Oh I just spend £2,- on a cup of tea! How expensive can it be?!

Holly

... a while but I am really ready and looking forward to it! Flying into Vancouver next wednesday then somehow getting over to Victoria where will meet dad, Lena and Karen then on friday mom is arriving! oh man it is going to be so much fun! then on sunday we are all flying home together! Which I think is really nice!

So thats about it have to get out in that sunshine to keep up my dark tan ;-)) Life is so hard!!!

... jump in and it takes your breath away. So creepy mc creepy comes with us and I go right away and buy dave and myself a beer (now the beers here are probably half a litre) BUT you can buy other things but we all felt like **** so why not a little hair of the dog- anyways you can go to the beach bar and you can grab a beach chair and just sit and relax but it is just rude if you don't get something to drink as you are there using the facilities. So Dave is his usual ...

... 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 ...

... a copmplete idiot at 3 in the morning. YES this is what I went through the whole ngiht I think it added up to about 1 hour of sleep as I kept waking up WHATS THAT oh just a cat WHAT oh it's the waves from the ocean across the street Oh it's that weird ass car pulling in again I stare him down meanfully.

So I finally got on the bus got here and walked the way to the hostel sighing and smiling the whole way! it was surreal being back and knew ...

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 ...

... wonderful cafes, and great shops. There is a large, one mile long sea wall protecting the city. It is a pleasure to stroll along walkway along the top of the sea wall and watch as the waves crash along the rocks below. Rethimno even has a nice town beach that you can enjoy.

Another day found us at a long stretch of beach very near our villa. Melanie, Kelly, John, and I found some beach chairs and spent the day sunning and sipping cool beers. After a couple ...

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 :(