11/25/19-11/28/19 Crete Greece

After a huge rain and thunderstorm on our last night in Athens, we took a quick and easy taxi to the Athens airport for our flight to Crete. The flight, a short 50 minutes. (We could have taken a ferry, but that was 8+ hours from Athens.)

We were surprised at the inexpensive cost to fly to Crete. But, after buying seat assignments, luggage and carry on costs, it wasn’t a cheap flight 😳

Easy flight, no hassles, then an easy pickup of our rental car. The airport is small, Boise size. After a warning about tearing out the underside of our rental car on the rough roads away we go 😳

A little refresher where we are in the world.

Some people say Crete is the mother of all civilization. The Egyptians sailed here in 800 BC or so, and the ancient Greek Mythology started here with the birthplace of Zeus, father to all gods on Crete.

We are staying in a very, very small village in the hills above Heraklion, the major city on Crete. Here’s our location on Crete.

We are in the tiny village of Loutraki, our stone house circled, it’s small👍

Ok, the roads here are unbelievably steep and rough. The stone home we are staying in is spectacular.

The view from our new home.

Ok, we haven’t done much the last several days. We are exhausted from the last eight months of traveling, so we are hanging low and resting. A couple of walks around the Hood,

Of course we adopted the neighborhood cats.

Enjoying the Greek culture, Greek salad.

The adventure is slowly coming to an end with less traveling and longer stays, ten days here🔥😎

It’s great to slow down and get some rest. As I said, we’ve been on the move for eight months. Seven more nights here with lots of sightseeing on the island, then on to Rhodes for eight nights.

Happy Thanksgivings to all. We are bar-b-queuing a chicken here, no turkeys in Greece ✔️

Ciao ciao