Iraklion

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Crete and London Trip
anonymous Lynda and I made it to Crete after a very difficult 24 hours worth of travelling. We are leaving Heraklion today to hop on a bus to Plakias in southern Crete. We plan to do some snorkeling and maybe some horseback riding.
Heraklion is a big city, much like Rome was. Areas of buildings within reach are covered with graffiti using greek and english language. Constructions seems constant here as we have been woken up by someone "knocking" on our wall. Since the buildings here are farely old, the city must work hard to keep them up and renovations are at every corner.
My favorite thing so far? The cheap tapestries in the market place, which we will buy when we return, and the street dogs and cats. Of course I favor the dogs. With collars on, seeming to belong to someone, these pets belong to the streets of Heraklion. The stone walls and brick roads are their homes. The cats come up to you begging for a peice of your meal. Hard not to give in when they look at you with those beautiful eyes. They are all very maingey (sp?). I would love to give them baths.
Yesterday, Lynda and I took a foot tour of the city. It lasted about 4 or 5 hours. We walked down to the sea and visited the Venetian Harbour which is a popular tourist site. We had been told about museums by many of the locals but have yet to find any of them. In hearing other tourists, the museums are closed.
This city is very tourist friendly. Everyone speaks some english and those who don't point you in the direction of someone who does. The most difficult task we've encountered thus far has been currency exchange. Not all banks will take US dollars. We were directed to many different places before going to the Bank of Greece, a very humid place that reaked of body odor. We found the post office today but will figure out how to send things back at the end of our trip. We're trying our best to keep our loads light until the end.

The server here is incredibly slow, so I will have to add pictures at a later time.

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Photos

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arriving at the iraklion airport

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our room at the mirabello hotel

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first view out our balcony

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morning

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view of the mediterranean sea

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the marketplace

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the marketplace

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the marketplace

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my breakfast. spinach pie.

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town local

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the venetian harbour

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boats at the venetian harbour

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seafront street... walking to the venetian fort.

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it cost us 2 euros to go into the venetian fort.

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to satisfy the requests of all my fans, a picture with me in it :) -the venetian fort

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iraklion - window view from the venetian fort

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window view from the venetian fort

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it was a very windy day as you can see. this is me sitting on a wall at the venetian fort.

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a neat view from inside the fort. that's iraklion in the background.

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inside a large empty room... we called this the ballroom. back then they even had sky windows.

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this is where they would load the cannons and shoot out of the 'windows'

Comments

[George]

food
how's the food?

[Kelli]

my seester
Hi, Sister! Well, aside from the bank that smells like body odor(!), it sounds like your journey has started off nicely. Your pictures are so beautiful. I can't wait for them to be posted. We won't show the ones of you with those dogs to your Bailey Girl. :) I miss you very much. Can't wait for you to come home, but hope that you are enjoying every minute in Greece! Stay safe!!!