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Episode on the return flight

[Aug.2009] After having my summer holiday in Crete, I came back to Athens and spent one day walking around the city using my guide book.And on the day to return home, because the underground to…

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Sadness in Knossos Palace

We went to see the famous Knossos Palace in Crete. There were not only the actual ruins they found, but some buildings were added according to the imagination of the discoverer. There are people who…

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Beautiful sunset of Irakleio

[Aug.2009] We moved to Irakleio from Rethymno, our base in Crete. According to my guide book, here the main thing to see was the Archaeological Museum, so we went there to find that it was…

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Walk along Samaria Gorge a bit

[Aug.2009] We were going to join a tour to go to the west end of the island of Crete, Greece but because the company made a mistake, we had to join a tour to Samaria…

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Magnificent valley

[Aug.2009] The second tour we joined in Crete was to visit villages along Amari Valley. This time, our guide was a pretty girl from the Netherlands and she had a good command of English, French…

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Simple cake

[Aug.2009] In the tour going into the inland of Crete, we had a rest at Askifoe Plateau.Here we are introduced a simple cake.It is a kind of crepe with cottage cheese and you put some…

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To the inland

[Aug.2009] When we had my summer holiday in Crete, we joined a few group tours. The first one was to go inland and reach the south side of the island. The inland of Crete is…

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Excursion to Chania

[Aug.2009] From Rethymno where we based in Crete, we visited Chania which is west of Rethymno, about one hour away by bus. According to my guidebook, it is the most beautiful town in Crete, and…

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7 brothers

[Aug.2009] In Rethymno in Crete, there are a lot of restaurants where you would like to dress up and go. While we stayed in the town, we tried a few, but our favourite was the…