Without much sleep we quickly rented a car with quality air-conditioning and a working stereo, despite only the front right speaker working, packed the eski with food and started our adventure to Chania. As we were driving to Chania, Michael yelling at the other drivers and me trying to read the map and travel book for historical sites, we decided to stop at the city of Rethymnon and visit the Fortezza. Walking around the fort we both looked at each other and ...

We awoke early today to start our journey to Spinalonga and Agios Nikolaos. A quick stop at the petrol station to top off the tank, a dry bag full of ice and sandwiches, and an iphone that substituted as our radio, what more would we possibly need. We traveled down the new road when suddenly the road came to an end with only the choice of left or right. It seems the government decided not to finish the road without any indication on the map. So, after much d...

We set out today to reach the high country on a mission to Lasithi High Plateau where the altitude is 850 m (2788 ft). The trademark of the plateau is constituted by the thousads of windmills used to pump up water from the springs. Just before the plateau we arrived at the Moastery of Kera. It is believed that the establishment of the monastery is connected with the miraculous icon of Virgin Mary, after which it takes its name (Kera means Our Lady), which is t...

Today after waking up and deciding to travel to the beach in Agia Pelagia, our detour started at Koules, the Venetian Fort in Heraklion, Crete. We then traveled south through Heraklion, navigating our way up very narrow winding streets to the Palace of Knossos. Built around 1900 BC, (22,000 sq. m). Most representative relic of the Minoan civilization. The Miotaur was a creature with the head of a bull and the body of a man. He lived at the center of the Cre...

Finally I stepped off of the plane collected my many bags find Michael and start pushing these bags up and down hills only to get to this tiny spec of a what he called a car. Michael navigated our way through the tiny streets of Crete while I held onto my seat yelling "watch out!" There are no driving rules it's all about survival. I stepped into the apartment or shoebox and thought, well hello small space. So we have gone from a Lexus, an Audi, and 1400 sq.ft ...