Star Beach Village Hotel And Waterpark Hersonissos

... and we had about one hour before the ship was scheduled to sail at 8 pm. Sandra was nursing a cold (blame the bus air conditioning), so she headed back to the ship with David and Holly while the rest of us strolled the shops that were still open. I found a couple of reasonable souvenirs among the stores offering traditional Cretan artwork, copies of pieces from different archaeological museums, jewelry and embroidery. And Yahoo! I found an ATM ...

... the bus (3 hour journey) to the town near where we were booked in for two nights. We arrived in the town, Chania, to discover there were no buses to anywhere near our hotel and we would have to catch a taxi. To complicate matters, Mark discovered that we had lost the credit card. Big Bugger. We managed to scrape together enough cash to pay for the taxi to our apartment / hotel room, which was LOVELY, but unfortunately in the MIDDLE OF NOWHERE! No cafes, no ...

... 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 ...

We had a delay. Got up around 3:45 am and left Rose Cottage at 4 O'Clock for the airport. It was already starting to get lioght as we cruised by sleeping English villages. By the time we arrived at the airport it was fully light. Stood in a lond que(sp?) for check-in where we were told that our plane was delayed adnd that would we would hear further news at 10 am! (the joy of ...

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

... felt safer?? SO one time I couldn't wait to many beers with the boys so went down to the bathroom and after I heard a humming form someone and KNEW it was that guy so waited for a bit in the bathroom then realized this is ridiculous it's the middle of the day all my friends are upstairs (the bathroom you have to walk past the pool down stairs) so walk out well there is Pakistan freakily waitng I walk past (now let me remind you I am in my bikini) and he goes hey ...

... in two snaps he has his flight booked will be here on sat night!!!! WOOHOOOOO<br><br>SO everyone here is all really excited and very supportive "we can't WAIT to meet him!!!" as I ahve told many crazy Dave stories and they ahev all been creepin on my face book seeing him in what they thought was MY pink Pjs but after I explained NO they are his they obviously asked .. "is he gay" i laugh NOPE although sometiems he plays it! I told them about how I put my picture of ...

... stationn which didn't even GO to the bus station dropped me off on this dark road and poiunted for me to walk down this even darker alley... WHAT! haha well what could I di! jumped off adn walked with my luggage clenching my fist thinking allright I can take ANYONE on (which is a TOTAL lie I would be stabbed and robbed before I knew what hit me!) So got to the bus station JUST as they were closing up GREEAT stuck in ****** Heraklion! like Athens but ...

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 :(