Blogs from Crete, Greece, Europe - page 35

Greetings from Athens! I promised to keep this blog a bit shorter than the last, so hopefully this won’t be too long. As many of you know, I’ve been in Greece for the last 12 days or so, doing a one-course study abroad program that lasts a month. So far we’ve already been to Crete, Santorini, Naxos, the Peloponnese, and Athens. It’s been exhausting moving from hotel to hotel every few days, but the sights have been amazing. The food here is really good, even though I have to say I’m getting a little tired of bread with olive oil, Greek salad, and yogurt. And after Germany it’s definitely nice travelling with other Americans. We switch roommates every time we change hotels, which has done a surprisingly good job at preventing cliques from forming. Our tour ... read more

FODELE-BALI-MOHOS-MALIA (awful village for english tourists-the most terrible and ungreek places on Crete Island)-HERAKLION... read more

We got up early to catch an early bus to Knossos. We caught the bus at Liberty Square (Plata Venizelou) at about 8am. It was a city bus, cost 1.15 Euros each, and became quite crowded. Knossos is right on the outskirts of Iraklio, so you don't realize you're there until the driver yells "Knossos". The entry fee was 6 Euros each. Knossos is quite extensive, fairly well excavated, and partially restored. The columns and frescoes were really cool! The crowds of mostly tours were annoying. There is a stone replica (?) of a bull's horns large enough to sit between the horns, but it is outside the ropes (barely). People tended to ignore the rope and sit there for a photo anyways. We could hear the staff lady blowing her whistle at them quite often ... read more

MIROS-MATALA-AGIA GALINI-MONI PREVELI-RETHYMNO... read more

We arrived at the town square to wait for our minibus for the tour at 9:30am, to be safe. When they finally showed up at 10:35, we'd been worried for a while. Along with us, the driver, and the guide, there were 7 other people, all from Australia, and all apparently... well heeled, as one couple told us they came from Australia on their yacht! We rode up into the White Mountains above Kalives a bit to a town called Mahteri. Here we stopped at an old house where we met our chef and hostess. After a brief tour of the property with its fruit trees, plants, and oddities, we all sat down for some coffee/drinks while the guide explained what we were going to do and eat. First, we would pick some mint and grape ... read more