Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts
Saturday, January 09, 2010

From 'summer' to winter – 3 January 2010

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Our final day in Crete was again beautifully warm and sunny. We were told by the rental car rep at the airport, that it was the warmest Chri...

Through the interior – 2 January 2010

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The main road to the south coast, took us to a Agia Galini, a very attractive seaside town. After walking the town & enjoying a coffee b...

Central Crete – 1 January 2010

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The New Year started with a very windy, although warm and sunny day. We set out to explore the central area of Crete behind Heraklion, up in...

Rethymno – 31 December 2009

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The last day of another year, and we choose to head west again to visit the third largest city on the island – Rethymno. This is also a Vene...
Friday, January 08, 2010

Chania – 30 December 2009

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It was time to explore Western Crete, and we had been told Chania was the most beautiful town on the island. It largely escaped being bombed...
Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Eastern Crete – 29 December 2009

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Driving past Neapoli, we explored the eastern end of the island. The first major town is Agios Nikolaos, an attractive seaside town, which h...

Lasithiou Plateau - 28 December 2009

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Eastern Crete has a high mountain plateau, which made a very pleasant circular drive from our base at Gournes. The drive started from Neapol...

Knossos - 27 December 2009

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Sundays in winter have free entry to all Museums, so we made our way to Knossos, to take advantage of this. The site was excavated in Victor...