Since our arrival on Paros, the temperature began climbing and the wind diminishing. Our friend Lambis said it was much worse in Athens, where people have died of heat stroke. We are thankful the sea is only about 60 feet from our door, which gives us the option of jumping into the water several times […]
The city of Iráklion was quiet when we arrived by bus on Sunday morning. I thought this was rather odd, since the museums usually attract a big crowd … and the museums close only on Monday. I was wrong. We stopped first at the archaeological museum (closed until August for remodeling) and […]
The longest surviving Venetian fortress on Crete is on a rocky island not far from the Lisithi provincial capital of Ayios Nikolaos. We departed in the morning, traveling east on the new national road, which parallels the northern coast of the island from one end to the other. Although the road is very […]
Minoan lifestyle was the envy of the ancient world. Their merchant marine fleet traded throughout the Mediterranean, from the ports of Anatolia (modern Turkey) to the shores of Africa. Even the great Egyptian empire relied heavily on regular shipments of goods and materials brought across the sea by Minoan ships.
All of this commercial activity produced […]
We come to the last day of our visit to Kefalonia. Usually, we load our backpacks, carry them down to the ferry landing, and then compete with other passengers for available seats. Fortunately, upon arriving in Sami, we learned it is possible to take a bus to mainland Greece. All we do […]