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Kreta
... van een prachtige zonsondergang. Het buffet biedt ontzettend veel keuze en het ziet er allemaal heel lekker uit. Als voorgerecht nemen we sushi, sashimi, een krabbenpoot en salade. Als hoofdgerecht houden we het erg bescheiden met enkel een gegrilde kreeftenstaart. Het is ongelooflijk maar ik denk dat ik hier al alle dagen kreeft gegeten heb. Ook hier was het weer erg lekker.
Na het eten maken we nog een wandelingetje en dan gaan we eens vroeg naar bed. ...
Goodbye Crete
... it better not sink!!! We check out and we drive to Heraklion port which only took about 15 minutes. We leave the car in the port carpark unlocked with the keys under the drivers mat, well that is what the car hire company told us to. Goodbye car and we jump on our Hellenic Seaways Vodafone Seacat ferry to Mykonos (via Santorini and Paros).
Note for self: If return do not spend a lot of time in Heraklion, not overally attractive place.
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We're not lost... - Lasithi & Peza
... very much a suggestion, as it is acceptable to pass other cars by any means possible, and pedestrians have practically no rights of way at all.
The restaurants in Greece take up all the surrounding sidewalks adjacent to their property to set out extra tables and chairs; sometimes these sidewalks are across the street from the actual restaurant. So when you are driving through the local cafe areas, you must be watchful for rogue waiters ...
The Royal Palace of Knossos
... again. Simon bought a pink kitty bag for Ellie!
Having had our coffee stop, we headed to Knossos and arrived about lunchtime, so had a very pleasant lunch sitting under olive trees just outside the palace.
According to wikipedia's entry on the Palace of Knossos "The palace was excavated and partially restored under the direction of Arthur Evans in the earliest years of the 20th century.
Its size far exceeded his original expectations, as ...
Amenities
- Swimming pool
- Room service
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Fitness/Health center
- Free parking