I appear to be on Crete.
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aithneWe're at the Marin Dream hotel in Heraklion, Crete, which has Internet access in the rooms, which I will be using to upload pictures later after everyone's had a chance to check their email and such. We spent the morning driving from Chania (which is adorable, but our hotel was awful) to here, where we have the nicest hotel of the trip so far. We did Knossos this afternoon, which was amazing, and went to the Archaeological museum here in town a little bit ago. Now we're back at the hotel and chilling for a little bit.
The elections were yesterday, and evidently the local communist party (aka the KKE) did not win, though nobody can adequately explain who did. (Aha, it was the incumbents.) We have had some amazing food, and the Cretan custom of serving the local liquor roka and a honey cake of some sort at the end of a meal has utterly charmed me. However, the way people here drive terrifies me. Passing over double yellows and creating lanes where there are none really existing is only the start of the problems.
I have decided i like retsina, though ouzo's charms still escape me a bit. The local Cretan liquor, roka, is really really good, though. And food is so inexpensive here, even after doing the conversion from euros to dollars. Greek cafes are also marvelous inventions, frappes are wonderful, and Greek coffee is good.
I have been sending text messages to Laura, who I hope is getting them. Last night, we sat in a taverna on the beach and drank retsina and watched the sun go down. So, really, all is well.
Tomorrow is Santorini, and I don;t know if i'll have internet access at all for the rest of the trip, so i'm going to post some pictures to Flickr and call it good.
The elections were yesterday, and evidently the local communist party (aka the KKE) did not win, though nobody can adequately explain who did. (Aha, it was the incumbents.) We have had some amazing food, and the Cretan custom of serving the local liquor roka and a honey cake of some sort at the end of a meal has utterly charmed me. However, the way people here drive terrifies me. Passing over double yellows and creating lanes where there are none really existing is only the start of the problems.
I have decided i like retsina, though ouzo's charms still escape me a bit. The local Cretan liquor, roka, is really really good, though. And food is so inexpensive here, even after doing the conversion from euros to dollars. Greek cafes are also marvelous inventions, frappes are wonderful, and Greek coffee is good.
I have been sending text messages to Laura, who I hope is getting them. Last night, we sat in a taverna on the beach and drank retsina and watched the sun go down. So, really, all is well.
Tomorrow is Santorini, and I don;t know if i'll have internet access at all for the rest of the trip, so i'm going to post some pictures to Flickr and call it good.
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Date: 2007-09-18 12:04 am (UTC)I studied the Minoans and the Athenians at school/uni respectively, and it is just so awesome to see pictures from someone I know who has actually been there!
The frescoes at Knossos look just as magnificent in your pictures as they did in our textbooks... isn't it amazing how long they can last like that?
The landscape just looks absolutely gorgeous... all of the blue, blue oceans and the green, green mountains.
*sigh* Very envious! :) Enjoy the rest of your trip!
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Date: 2007-09-18 12:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-26 07:51 pm (UTC)