Would you like your beer for here or to go? Yup, I love Greece (on this front, Vegas also gets a shout out!) oh, forgot to do a write up on fishie feetsies in Crete. Hee hee, so so cool! It tickles, was glad I had a beer with me! I'm officially now part of at least 2 peoples holiday photos. If you're able, do a salt scrub prior, get as much of that old skin gone as you can. :) Dr. Fish, seriously looking into this as a business option back in the states.
Okay, back to today! When staying at a hotel with a buffet breakfast, it is advisable to refrain from sleeping in. Surprisingly, I really wasn't hungry till 5ish. We drove up to butterfly valley, walked about 1.5 kilometers (1 way up hill) saw lots of waterfalls, some river crabs....butterflies, 0. Got to the sign that said monastery 100meters ahead, the black cloud that had been gathering above us was rather vocal at this point, so we figured a covered area, was very good planning...after a pit stop. (pleas see post heading) butterflies! Not a TON, but double digits worth-yay...and we only discovered them because we went by the restroom. Ha! One landed on mom, and I got it to crawl up on my finger. I passed sir flutterby off to a 10 year old, kid was thrilled. (cute) had a plate of Greek doughnuts at the monastery, they were quite nice, drizzled with honey and sesame seeds. Headed back down the trail. (so happy I parked at the bottom!) going uphill fresh and new, and headed back via down hill, yay....the rain wasn't too bad, was still 22 degrees today, and a lot less muggy. After walking through the valley and back, we drove to the golden beach, and on to Lindo. Lindo was very cute, reminiscent of Mykonos town. At the top of the hill is (what's left of) the headquarters of the knights of St. John, within the walls is what remains of a temple to Athena Lindia. Sadly, we weren't able to walk within the hodgepodge of times merging together, as the gates closed at 2:40pm (random.) had a Greek plate for lunch: moussaka, stuffed tomato, a meatball, and 2 dolmadas, yum! Found the ancient theater, and made our way back to the car...I managed to get myself where I intended to go all day long, woo who to me! Even saw a few bonus items including a very cool monastery dedicated to a St. Nektarios http://www.orthodoxphotos.com/readings/nektarios/nektarios.shtml made it back to the hotel in time for sunset, and booked our ferry tickets to Kos. Another reason I <3 Greece, you can change the drop off location of your rental car, no extra € involved, umm awesome.
Quotes:
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller
″A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.” – Moslih Eddin Saadi
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