Sunshine Crete

After 7 months of sunshine in Greece we have decided we need a little more so are heading south in search of more blue skies...first destination though is Singapore to check out the Hawker Markets and Zoo. Then onto Cairns where we pick up our 'Spaceship' ...

... beautiful architecture, colors pleasing on the eye, smells wetting the taste buds (primarily from Stella's Kitchen) and sunshine yes sunshine. Crete is incredibly beautiful from the snow (yes snow) capped mountains to the beautiful blue Mediterranean Sea ...

... coastal countryside in Crete is exceptional. Emerald green and blue seas, high yellow and grey mountains, olive groves, fruit trees, sunshine.... Then you cruise through small Greek villages. I stopped in Bali on the way through. Somehow a Cretan town ...

... or cornflakes in my life!!! After a quick run to the supermarket, we settled in with some German beer, Italian pasta and Greek sunshine, and proceeded to do very little for the next day and a half.  It was awesome. Our plan today had been to rent ...

... sounds and smells made it a feast for the senses. I spent the rest of the day just exploring the old town, savoring the sunshine and blue water of the harbor, trying to avoid the tourist crowds on the promenade along the waterfront late in the day and ...

... it was very tasty nonetheless. Fortified, I wandered down the street, checking out the touristy shops and enjoying the bright spring sunshine. I passed a restaurant called Milton's, a place I had noted in my journal in the spring of 1975 as having decent ...

... exploring some of the alleys in the old town, found the market & bought fresh Tsatziki & bread & sat in brilliant sunshine on the shore watching the waves on the breakwater. Extremely pleasant !   Good to have a quiet day after all ...

... as my son David said, drinking out of a fire hose of history.  Tomorrow morning we board a ferry to the fantasy land of Santorini.  I think we can settle into sunshine and relaxation.  We have enjoyed the history, but it is time to move on. ...

A week relaxing in the sunshine and enjoying the cocktails with our all-inclusive ...

... to nestle in and had a long night ahead of us. We arrived at five thirty in the morning hoping to find palm trees, sunshine, and glorious beaches. Instead we were greeted with a dirty port town, graffiti, and no clue of how to get where we wanted to ...

... were on their way home OR had the evening yet to begin? Either way if you could imagine the Gold Coast Esplanade or Sunshine Coast Explanades with two or three people in the establishments at 9.30pm you would consider it VERY unusual wouldn’t you? ...

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

... time and i am getting more excited about Budapest!  So now its another day off to the beach, reading relaxing and enjoying the sunshine! OH!  Ps I sent Sinisa a post card all it said on it was SINISA DINEVSKI WILL YOU MARRY ME!  he got it ...

... cause there is a couple years worth of catching up to do. We fell asleep by midnight and hoped that tomorrow would bring us sunshine and again hoping for no rain as our clothes remained on the lines almost dry but with the cloudy day it was taking longer ...

After 7 months of sunshine in Greece we have decided we need a little more so are heading south in search of more blue skies...first destination though is Singapore to check out the Hawker Markets and Zoo. Then onto Cairns where we pick up our 'Spaceship' ...

Sunday morning we woke up bright and early in Crete to SUNSHINE!!! The only place of interest in Crete (or more specifically the city of Heraklion) was The Palace of Knossos which is some old palace of some rich person. Our taxi driver dropped us off ...

... The joys of Skype make home-bound people feel jealous. What a wonderful technology when you are sitting in October sun viewing idyllic sunshine knowing the UK is dull and fog-bound. A gentle but well-meaning gloating! And for anyone reading this blog, I'm ...

... ve outgrown the party-til-ya-puke days. For any of my old pals...the party atmosphere of this place reminded us of a warm 'Sunshine Ranch' with better beaches - those were the days! Patmos was a 'must stop' on Mark's list and though I admittedly had ...