Vantaris Palace Chania
Kavros Chania, Crete, Greece
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... difficult to write this years blog then when I was in Italy with Danielle.....We are told the ships internet connection is extremely slow and gets worse as people use it. And is very expensive at .75 cents per minute. That can add up very quickly. So, we troll for an internet cafe in the ports. Today's cafe was in the main market of Chania, so we were amongst the veggies and fresh fish trying to connect. And ...
Cameo photos
... money ) that I haven't already done here -.
So.. camera in hand with a fresh look .. the mission - to capture the essence of Chania in cameo photos. My rule - small snippetts, only parts or sections of the bigger picture allowed.
Not sure it made for great photography but was fun.
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Crete
... the late afternoon bus - the public buses very comfortable coaches, travelled very sedately around the narrow windy road, suited me just fine to take almost 2 hours one way.
An old lady, a widow in her black clothes & scarf, was sitting opposite & just in front of me. Her daughter had put her on the bus, each time the bus stopped to let someone off or on in the many small villages she tried to get off - thankfully a young father sitting behind her had ...
Chania, Crete
What a beautiful place - the Old Port with it's wide walkway, the Marina with it's variety of boats and all framed by a beautiful rock wall creating a breakwater. The gap into the port is quite narrow, lighthouse on one end and tower on the other.
Started the day with a late breakfast, yet another big breakfast, how much do they think one person can eat? Fresh squeezed orange juice, tea, yoghurt, toasted sandwich, ...
My jeans seem to be shrinking
OMG - found my new favourite taverna in Chania Crete. Hamam - on reccomendation from hotel I'm staying in, many taverna's here all touting for your business - gave the one offering me a free massage with my meal a miss, sleazbag! won't be going there, or the one that croons you have beautiful eyes, "where you from ?" .
Hamam was a beautiful restaurant, set in what was a Turkish Bath, marble floor with tables perched on ...


