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 ...

One hour later I arrived in Berlin crossing my fingers as I stood along the conveyor belt hoping my luggage made it. To my surprise they arrived all in excellent condition. I'm pushing one large, medium, and large carryon totaling a weight of 78 kilos (170 lbs). I know everyone at the airport is looking at me thinking, "there goes another greedy American with too much luggage." I arrived at the next ticketing counter only to find out Miami allowed too much lugg...

After 8 hours of flying I arrived in Dusseldorf only to have my passport checked and have to explain why I only have a one-way ticket with no return. How many times do you have to say, "No I'm not going to stay here forever and become a burden on your economy!" Racing through the many halls and stair after stair carrying the world's heaviest carryon bag and 5 min before the gate closed, I made it to my next plane. Here I am again shoved into a plane with hot an...