It's all Greek to me...

As you may guess from my cliché title, Shannon and I are currently in the middle of a fourteen day holiday on the Greek island of Crete. Due to Crete being the most southern (and largest) of the Greek islands, it is stupidly hot here. The Beaches are not only fantastic; they are a necessity with so much cheap and tasty food hiding in all the restaurants.

I've broken the mould as it were, and this particular excursion is a...package...holiday. Yes, I know that goes against the Lambert family motto of "Thou shall not book in advance", but the deal we got was too good to pass up. Since the Kids in the UK are going back to school, it was the same price to go for two weeks as it was for one week. It's not even an all-inclusive; thank bob, but having Flights, bus transfer, and accommodation all sorted in one go is like the backpacking equivalent of heroin.

Anyway, the Accommodation turned out great. Our Hotel-ish thing is in Stalis, a smaller town in between the party resorts of Malia and Harkelion on the north coast of the island. Most of the time we have spent the day swimming and then hunted for the different food at night. There are also tons of bars along the main strip, and the drink specials are super cheap, every thing comes with two free shots. We also found a Karaoke bar, and I watched yesterdays F1 race (The Turkish GP, with commentary in German) in an outdoor bar.

We have ventured out of town to Crete's Capital, Harakilon, to visit the archeological museum there. We also wandered down to the docks, which has a 15 century Venation fort as part of the break water. In the rocks on the breakwater, there is a colony of wild cats that like to sun themselves on the rocks.

Anyway, off to the beach...

PS: This is the first dial-up connection I've used in years!