Blogs from Chania, Crete, Greece, Europe - page 6

After about 33 hours door to door we finally arrived at our villa in Platanias, around 15 KMs out of Chania. Lots of time hanging around airports but all with no dramas along the way. Hire car guy wasn't at Chania airport when we arrived but after an hour of stuffing around he finally arrived. ... read more

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HOW TO BECOME A LOCAL IN CHANIA, CRETE IN ONLY ONE WEEK (what the guidebooks don't tell you) Themesong: Sunrise, Sunset Dresscode: Bikini, sunglasses, sparkly heels and an equally sparkly dress Accessories: Prayer beads It's univerally accepted that one is to sleep between the hours of sunset and sunrise, but this is not true here in Crete (or in Greece for that matter), but sleep is only permitted between the hours of sunrise and sunset. Here we've broken down a day's itinerary: 2:30 pm - Awake. 3:00 pm - Take bus to ocean beach bar in Agia Marina. 3:30 pm - Hamburger breakfast from sleeping position on lounge chair (NOTE: This is much, much better than breakfast in bed. Here you have the same effect, but get to hear waves crashing, watch attractive Greek boys play ... read more

It was another scenic bus ride from Rethymno to Chania, again following the northern coast of Crete and providing some awesome cliff-side views. Other observations included mountain goats and miniature Orthodox churches that appear on the roadside. Common sense would tell you that they are memorials for people who have perished on those very spots on the road, but I'm not so sure. They have them in people's houses as well, almost as a substitute for going to an actual church. Standing outside Chania's rather chaotic bus station, I look at my map attempting to establish my location and a route to my accommodation. The Greek Cyrillic on the street signs and the Roman alphabet on my printed Google map don't help, so I resort to asking a local woman where I am on the map. ... read more

We were tempted to enter only “went swimming” as today’s entry, and it would cover most of the day’s events, but we’ll add a few additional details. We swam in the pool. We swam at the beach. We rested. We swam at the beach again. We swam in the pool again. Andrew and Lauren ordered ice cream that they were served while sitting at bar stools located in the swimming pool. The weather was warm and the pool water warm enough that a person could swim all day in the pool and never need to get out. After days of visiting historic sites and ruins, the kids were stoked for exploring this very important aspect of the Greek islands and simply could not get enough of playing in this uncrowded pool. Although we had planned to ... read more