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Europe » Greece » Crete » Sitia July 19th 2023

Super short and sweet today - I literally did nothing, did not even leave the Airbnb other than to sit outside on the porch and take in the view! Before leaving I had agreed to take a summer contract to write part of an eLearn course for next year - it wasn’t a huge time commitment but I’ve been plagued by so many awful wifi spots at hotels that since I have the perfect view here and strong wifi I decided to plough through the more internet intensive stuff today. Can’t complain with views like this. And with ginormous blueberries that tasted DIVINE. I worked outside for a good chunk of the day before it got too hot. Tomorrow I’ll actually head out to the east coast and do stuff again. It was nice to have ... read more
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Europe » Greece » Crete » Sitia June 21st 2023

We set sail on May 27thfrom Fry at 6:06AM to head to Sitia on the island of Crete. In looking at the weather it looked like it should be an easy transit but would take about 8 ½ hours. The winds were much stronger than forecast and not in the right direction. Guess we shouldn’t be surprised. The waves kept building but Tsamaya can handle them. We had 2 sails up most of the time and were able to keep it between 30-60 degrees for part of the trip so made it in 8 hours. At times we saw 7 knots of speed which is definitely rare with us. We were a little overpowered at times when winds kept building so took in some sail. It was actually nice to feel like we were sailing as ... read more
While I Was On Duty I Had a Visitor For Awhile
We Don't Normally See a Speed of 6.8 Knots
Always Happy to See Navigational Aids

Europe » Greece » Crete » Sitia October 9th 2016

Reminder: if you double click on any of the photos you will get an enlarged image and you will be transferred to the photo gallery where you can scroll through all the photos. You can return to the text anytime by going to the control bar at the top of the page where it shows: Europe » Greece » Crete » Sitia » Blogs » Crete 2016.2 Blog 3 then click on Crete 2016.2 Blog 3 2016.2 Blog 3 Saturday 8th October: after a late start which involved a quick visit to the nearby Sitia Museum in order to view the Palaikastro Kouros, a famous and sublime piece of Minoan art/workmanship (look it up on Google), we headed off south again to Hiona Beach (right next to the ancient settlement of Palaikastro where the kouros was ... read more
The Gorge of the Dead
Kato Zakros
Jenks trying to take the pithos at Sitia Museum

Europe » Greece » Crete » Sitia October 7th 2016

Crete 2016.2 Blog 2 Note: if you double click on any of the photos you will get an enlarged image and you will be transferred to the photo gallery where you can scroll through all the photos. You can return to the text anytime by going to the control bar at the top of the page where it shows: Europe » Greece » Crete » Sitia » Blogs » Crete 2016.2 Blog 2 then click on Crete 2016.2 Blog 2 Thursday 6th October: the big drive to Sitia. We’d booked a hotel in Sitia in the far east of Crete for three nights in order to allow us to roam around this part of the isl... read more
On the road heading east into the mountains of the far east
Pahia Ammos sea front
Zorba's in Pahia Ammos




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