Sofia Hotel Heraklion
57 Stadiou Str Heraklion, Crete, 71601, Greece
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Foto-Safari & Sea Shanties
... the walk-a-mile group for the daily rounds. Our group got bigger today, I assume more people realized that their pants got tighter.
After that our cruise director Lisa announced a surprise: we were going to do a foto-safari. We got divided into small groups, had to put on life jackets and then boarded the zodiacs. Entering the zodiacs ...
Ancient Ruins in Crete
... to eat and stay out of the rain, which fell both days of our trip on and off. On Sunday we stopped at Matala, a city on the southern side of Crete almost directly opposite Heraklion. We had some free time to explore the city and found the old roman cemetery. This consisted of a series of caves carved into the white limestone where people lived and where, later on, the dead were placed. While exploring the caves the clouds once ...
Closing out Crete - Back to Iraklion
... ready to settle in and prepare to take the ferry to Santorini the next morning. Again we encountered the adventures of driving in the old city. The Kastro is located in an area with extremely narrow streets. Unloading the car with traffic impatiently waiting for you to move on is like a NASCAR pit stop. We need more practice and a clear designation of the pit crew leader. ...
Thessaloniki to Crete
... parking was a nightmare and we ended up leaving the car with a parking service at a BP gasoline station and hoped we would see it again. The museum was worth the effort and we recovered the car.
Time to fly to Crete. Everyone went through security with flying colors except Mary. After disassembling her carry on bag they ...
The Palace of Knossos.
Today we had arrived at the island of Crete. I
chose the palace of Knossos tour. This left the boat early, so I had
to get up early, have breakfast and be at the palace theatre by
7.15am. There were only three people doing this tour. Myself, Kyle
and Dave. This was because our tour manager sold the Crete optional
as worthless, but it is an optional going to one of the world
heritage sites. Anyway from ...



