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.
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