I see Cretans
Despite the spate of good summer weather we've had in London (relatively speaking), Kirsten and I decided to do it one better and head to Crete for a few days.
We rented a villa on the western side of the island near Chania where we anticipated spending 5 
relaxing days in the sun. We were not disappointed. We were treated to 5 straight days of cloudless skies and 90+ degrees. Thankfully we had a lovely pool all to ourselves when the heat got to be too much - all that exertion of sitting around reading really takes it out of you.
relaxing days in the sun. We were not disappointed. We were treated to 5 straight days of cloudless skies and 90+ degrees. Thankfully we had a lovely pool all to ourselves when the heat got to be too much - all that exertion of sitting around reading really takes it out of you.As an added bonus our friends Jon and Dina were able to make the trip to get a little downtime before moving into their dream house. A little bit of Crete goes a long way.
Really not a whole lot to report from Crete unless you want to hear about all the sitting around, drinking cold drinks, eating lovely homemade food, frequent dips in the pool, early evening swims in the sea and all the other boring things we got up to.
Two of the interesting bits were when Kirsten and I took the rental car and drove along a winding cliff side road to go to a "secluded" beach called Elafonisi. With a steep drop off on one side and herds of goats wandering around the road it was a pretty nerve racking drive. Just a few examples...
The secluded beach had a parking lot filled with tour buses, apparently the secret is out. Nevertheless, we found a couple of beach chairs under a big beach umbrella and spent a lovely few hours ... you guessed it ... reading and soaking up some rays (or the shade in the case of someone who got really sunburned within the first 30 minutes on the first day...ahem!). The charm of Elafonisi was that a portion of the land was cut off form the mainland by what had been referred to as a lagoon. You got to this island by wading through 50 ft. or so of knee high water. As there were no umbrellas to hide from the sun we stayed on the mainland.Our 2nd to last night in Crete we went to the harbor in Chania for some dinner. We figured we might as well get our hands on some octopus or other seafood, Greek salad and other Grecian delicacies. We got some really nice pictures, but none on our camera so you'll have to picture it in your mind's eye. Dinner was alright and we decided to finish it up with some Ouzo, after all this was Greece. It would have been nice if it had stopped there but the proprietor liked us so much (can you blame him really?) brought over a round of raki. If you've never had you aren't missing anything. We were considering bringing a bottle back to help remove some paint from a few of our walls...
All in all, a very nice trip to rediscover what a proper summer is supposed to be like. Maybe next time when we go back we'll try and get out of the villa a bit more and find out what else this lvoely little island in the middle of the Med has to offer. Until then we'll always have the sun.
posted by Brian and Kirsten Hennigan @ Thursday, July 31, 2008
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