Blogs from Paleohora, Crete, Greece, Europe
March 2nd 2011
Paleohorában jártunk. Egyedüli turistákként szemléltük a várost. Kényelmes, üdítő séta, finom ebéd friss zöldségből, és Mithos sör. Nem hiányzott semmi az asztalról sem.... read more
October 2nd 2010
Hallo Leute! Tag 1, Freitag 01.10.2010 Nach dem wir bei zugegeben bescheidenen Wetter vom Rain-Main Airport abgeoben waren, sind wir voller Vorfreude auf einen tollen Urlaub auf unserer Lieblingsinsel. Der Flug dauerte nur 2:40 Minuten und war sehr angenehm - ohne Tubulenzen! Das kleine Frühstück war ganz OK bloß mein rechter Nachbar war nicht so der Bringer. Mein linker Nachbar dafür umso mehr, weil mein lieber And - er hatte einen Fensterplatz. Um 09:40 Kreta Zeit dann bei schönen sonnigen Wetter und 23 Grad gut gelandet. Welch angenehme Luft beim Aussteigen uns ins Gesichtt bließ - toll. Gepäckausgabe ging recht schnell, obwohl mich And lange alleine ließ um einen Trolley zu besorgen. Während dessen kam nämlich schon unser erster Koffer und ich kämpfte alleine mit dem 20 Kilo teil während andere Leute mich chickten. Bis jetzt ... read more
September 5th 2010
Soooo, Samaria Gorge...... phew. We got up to catch the bus there at 6 a.m., took an hour of switchbacks up the mountain to where we would start our descent of about 800m into the gorge. It was down hill for about an hour before there was a level part, before more downhill. We kept up quite a steady pace, although the show offs were rushing past us, there were plenty behind us. In total, there were 580 went through that day. The scenery was totally spectacular, there wont be words to do it justice, so I'm going to add lots of photos to this blog. We arrived at the ancient village of Samaria at about 11.30..... almost half way. The gorge is named after a nun, Maria. Before she became one, there was a young ... read more
October 23rd 2008
Day 20 Samaria Gorge Both of us bright and early this morning. We were more or less sure of our route to the Gorge, left at 7 am and arrived at 2 hours later. I was a little nervous about this drive! You know how when you are driving and you have a close call with danger and that little moment kind of stays in your mind, and you have flashbacks? Well…when I was driving us to Paleohora on Sat we were on I think the wildest roads yet, with construction thrown in to boot. We were just leaving this little village when I met this dump truck kind of vehicle on a curve. We weren’t even on a part of the road where it drops off 200 feet, this part was maybe only a 50 ... read more
October 22nd 2008
Greetings, We continue on here in Paleohora, and are really loving it here. Rented scooters yesterday and were out and about on the wld roads until the wind nearly blew us over when we rounded one curve so we made our way home. Heard this morning when I was out walking that the ferry is cancelled today due to high winds so we will return our scoots and explore a few more roads in the car. I am on a poor internet connection so will use pics to tell you about our last few days, and I do mean our LAST few days. I will do a separate entry for my trek through the Samaria Gorge. ... read more
October 19th 2008
Just wating for Gord to have his breakfast. The last 2 places I have been able to find sheep milk yogurt which is really good. I am in the internet cafe right beside the hotel...this may be the last blog I post as this place closes after today. Looking into scooter and bicycle rentals today...there is a path along the coast I want to bike on. Gord has developed a bit of a heel spur (actually it was bothering him for a few weeks before we left but he didn't tell me, state secret I guess!!) and daily icing has helped keep it from getting worse), so he prefers to scoot, though he has walked more than I thought he would!!! Speak of the devil...Gord has just arrived...looking good in his shorts (I think I detcted ... read more
August 5th 2008
Onita’s brother, Prem, and family arrived the day after us, which was great. They were coming for a week. Two days after that, Karl’s brother Jon and family arrived, also for a week. It was lovely to have the families there and Asha and Jay really enjoyed having both big cousins and little cousins to play with. Having so many meant that dinner was a fun occasion with the 13 of us!... read more
August 4th 2008
Knowing the place as we do, it took us no time at all to settle in. Karl unpacked the car while Onita packed things in cupboards, drawers and wardrobes. The kids jumped out of their clothes and into their swimming costumes, eager to do some swimming. Once the car was unpacked, Karl took them swimming, which was bliss.... read more
October 10th 2007
It made perfect sense, from any angle. Renting a car, that is. Yesterday's adventure to and from Samaria Gorge had collectively cost us €32 in transportation alone. And that was just about the daily rental price. Plus, it would be impossible to do Crete justice by public transportation because of its size and topography And so, into our lives came IEK-2400 - a fiesty little silver Opel Corsa. And, right then and there, our Crete experience morphed into a totally unique and unexpected affair. Besides holding the record for smoking the most cigarettes of any EU country, Greece also chalks up the most annual road fatalities. It was easy to see why. Impatient Greeks drove too close for comfort forcing us to the shoulder of the road and then executing insane overtakes around corners and downhill. ... read more
October 4th 2007
Over the last 9 months we have learned that you really can’t plan more than a couple of days ahead. We left the continent of Africa after an absolutely amazing time. Our tentative plan was to start in Greece and make our way up through Eastern Europe, visiting some friends along the way. We made it to Greece and settled in easily to the beach lifestyle on Crete. We spent 3 weeks hanging out in tiny beach towns and mountain villages. This is where the unexpected came. Along the way we always thought there could be problems, unexpected events, budgets blown or whatever that would cause us to cut our trip short. But at the end of August we got news we never expected. An email from home with the subject “emergency” told us that it ... read more
