Silva Maris Beachfront Resort Hotel Hersonissos

... get a sense of how noble Minoans lived. The site leaves many questions as to what ultimately happened to this civilization that disappeared after 1380 BC when a fire destroyed much of the site. <br><br>2. We left the palace shortly after 3 and drove to nearby Heraklion, Crete's largest city and home to the Archaeological Museum. David and Holly visited the museum while the rest of us explored the city, which had changed dramatically since my last visit ...

... next day and caught a cab back in to Chania. We then caught the bus back to Heraklion (or Iraklio) and the fun of finding somewhere to stay for our second night on Crete began.<br><br>P!ssing down with rain, no cagoules, no money, hungry, nowhere to stay - it was pretty rubbish. Crete is a pretty ****** place as well. Lots of graffiti around and dog poo on the footpaths. But, we managed to get another credit card working and then found an internet cafe ...

... 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 ...

... My iPod decided it had enough and decided it didn't have aenough energy left =( me being rather annoyed since I had fully charged it that same night &lt;&lt; (btw I think we are just flying over Garda Lake in Italy!). Took a stroll outside and by the time we ate our salads and I looked on the information board it said that our flight/gate was closing! Now we looked about 12 ...

... and doing nothing!<br><br>I can't believe I only have 2 ngihts left here! The time is coming so fast!!!! Dave is thinking about staying another week! ahha this place it is just like the Hotel California song you can check out but you can never leave! He is already planning on coming back next August and was devising a plan so that I could meet him here for 2 weeks haha! I am excited to go back to Athens and go ...

... do you ahev a boyfriend- I said maybe?? haha ok so during this time Dave was joking well what about the baby (ok for those of you who do not have a sense of humor or do not believe in abortion discontinue reading!) so I said well I am not sure what to do (by the way NOT pregnant just having a really sick sick conversation/joke/ freaking people out...) I said maybe the old fashion way the punch in the stomach he suggested the coat hanger.. just carrying on and on and I ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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 :(