We are wrapping up our Crete mini-vacation, waiting for our ferry to Athens tonight, so I wanted to post a few photos from the past week.
The center of the island is full of olive fields and other farmland.
There are small lagoons scattered all along the coast, including this famous one at Agios Nikolaus.
Our amazing hotelier Niko in Tsoutsorous took very good care of us for two nights and told us about his fond memories of serving in the Navy in San Diego.
We spent some time at Ride Cycle Culture Cafe in Chania, a cool cycle shop/Cafe.
There are many small shrines like this scattered along the roads.
Minoan ruins against an incredible backdrop.
Dramatic cliffs popular for sunset photos and swimming.
Kitty cats everywhere.
Can we take them with us?
Our private beach view for dinner.
Cool doors in Rethymno.
Tourists flock to take sunset photos.
And here’s mine! LOL
Famous fountain in Rethymno.
We climbed a few switchbacks…
We’ve been leaving our mark in random places.
Here too…
Bike stomach!
We still have bike stomach, but actually now we are actually gaining some weight. Here’s why:
Loukomades, delicious fried dough balls drowned in honey.
“Cretan breakfast”. I can’t imagine any Cretans eat this on a regular basis, but it’s got a lot of local ingredients. The pork (apakia) with the eggs is really delicious, and the dakos (crusty break with tomatoes, olive oil, and feta) is tasty.
Tirokafteri, a spicy mix of feta and chilis. This is one of the better ones; often it has been made with too much mayonnaise.
Snails are popular here and very tasty.
Greek coffee made the traditional way in hot sand.
Raki is a liquor made from the remainder of the grapes after wine is made. Very similar to grappa in Italy but very many families distill their own, and there home made ones are the best.