Villa Sophia Apartments
Travel Blogs from Platanias
Kisamos et la plage de Balos
... de 17 ans, ne l'aide pas beaucoup (tiens tiens). Sandra passera quelques heures avec elle ce soir là pour faire avancer son site. Le lendemain matin, nous partons très tôt vers Balos, pour éviter les foules et la chaleur. Il faut rouler 7,6 km pour s'y rendre, sur une route tres cahoteuse et déserte, qui monte contiuellement à flanc de montagne. On doit conduire très lentement et la route semble ...
No fixed abode so a week in Crete
... kilos of luggage that we are still struggling to reduce down to two manageable travel packs. Ho hum, at least we have a week in Crete to give some thought to that while we get over the stress and strain of moving out.
Feeling somewhat liberated, we made our way to the airport on Sunday and after an uneventful flight found ourselves in the quaint but bustling town of Chania in the North West corner of Crete. We checked into the ...
Crete
... dates back to 7000 BC through 1900 BC and then the whole site was leveled for the current palace to be built. It was the home of the king and queen, as well as the administrative and religious center for the town. The building had multiple levels and covered 20,000 sq. meters. Like Akrotiri, this building showed an advanced level of technology. The Minoans were smart! They had complex drainage and water supply systems, such as toilets with continually running water ...
A Walter prattle. Something to Crete? Perhaps?
... too? I bet if you got on my iPad, after you stole it, while on the net, I could pay a nerd to find you and then I would hunt you, beat you down, and get my iPad back. So really why bother stealing it? Also, apple has made several iPads so maybe a thief already has one? A thought that will keep me calm at night and with nothing to fret over as I haven't a thing of value and I haven't been robbed yet. ...
Athens to Crete
... were getting sprayed with tear gas. On the way home from the beach we accidentally rode through one of the areas where the demonstrators were and we got a pretty good dose of leftover tear gas. Anna was not happy about it. It's nasty stuff to say the least. But the next day all was calm and life resumed it's normalcy for downtown Athens. We rode past the same tear gas spot and everything was cleaned up. There was no sign of the previous day's festivities. ...