Blogs from Rethymno, Crete, Greece, Europe - page 2

I just woke up from my afternoon siesta (I need to find a way to get Canada to adopt this) and have the time to quickly reflect on the completely different world Greece can offer. After tear gas, rock throwing and Molotov cocktails, I am surrounded by sheer beauty. I am on the island of Crete, the largest of the Greek islands. It is fairly short with only a 45 minute bus ride from north to south tips, but it would take a few hours to drive across. Two days ago, I arrived to my hostel in a town called Rethymno, which is located north central. I quite literally dropped my backpack off and then took off with an Aussie girl and another American guy. We rented a car and drove 3 hours south west through ... read more

Day 5. Today we drove to Rethymno to visit the old town, port and the Fortezza fortress. Fascinating town with lots of very narrow streets, young people everywhere - we felt like the senior citizens. Had a nice lunch and wandered around the streets soaking up the atmosphere. The fortress was built by the Venetians starting in 1573ad. The mediterrean sea was blue as the sky and very calm today. Came back to our villa and Mike went for a swim in our lounge room swimming pool. Tonight we are heading into Old Chania to have dinner at a restaurant that Doris's friend owns.... read more

RETHYMNON Day 65 I feel much better this morning and was even able to eat my breakfast. Even though I was unable to see Iraklion I am stilling leaving this city to see another. I took the morning bus to Rethymnon, which is just down the coast from Iraklion. I arrived and went straight to the hostel to drop my bags. Rethymnon is a small town and is really cute. It has a small beach that was a little dirty from the winter but from what I understand it is very lovely in the summer. The beach meets up with the Venetian port that is lined with little cafes and restaurants. I headed to the Mona Lisa café that sells a sheep’s milk ice cream. Since I can’t have milk products I was really excited ... read more

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Thursday, 8th January, 2009. A bright sunny morning. I took some pictures from the balcony as it looked so nice. Need to think about what we are doing today. On another subject, the travelblog holds various information about how often it is viewed and all that sort of stuff. As at this morning, our travelblog has now been viewed on 1919 occasions. We decided to spend some time looking around Rethymno. So we left the hotel about ten and went for a coffee first at the Livingroom. We then wandered the town looking in the shops, we bought some pastries at a shop for our breakfast. There are some differing architectural styles, the Venetians were here, as well as the Turks, who left their mark and a few minnaretts. We went up to the Fortezza Fortress ... read more