just waiting to catch a flight to Dublin,0100hrs,crazy time,so to wrap up Crete,we went to three beaches in one day,only swan in the first one a bit of ,yes,walking.next beach was very windy and choppy so decided on lunch.I ordered something I could not pronounce .it was meatballs in tomato sauce.next beach was again choppy and windy,we walked along the water for 1km,then headed back down and around the winding roads to our lovely village.next day we went into ...

today we walked the Imbros gorge,the walls of rock reach 300m high,while the narrowest part of the ravine is only 2m wide,the walk was 8km. after a ride back up in the very winding hillside,in a Ute, to the start point we had some food and a glass of the local wine.I was curious what a cheese pie was ,so ordered it for lunch. the wine came in a large tumbler glass and a cheese pie is flat bread like a pancake with crumbled feta inside and fried.very nice,light ...

we are staying in a lovely little village in the hills.after looking around the upper village the Roman portal and Roman mosaic floor (from the 1st century bc ) we walk down to the springs and taverns at the lower village.we select a place that looked inviting for lunch.the speciality is farm raised trout.the trout are swimming about in tanks and you are supposed to select your fish.......I had a salad .

The ferry was a little late arriving from Santorini to Crete that night.next morning a bus trip to knossos to explore the site,we had a guided tour ,which took about 90 mins and the walked around on our own.next stop the archaeological museum. the main building opened 2 weeks ago, it had been closed since 2006 for renovations. lucky me,after an hour and a half a break for lunch then back in for another 90 mins. the temperate dropped and started to rain when we...

one last swim and catching the early evening ferry to Crete