Heraklion
“You can’t control the past, but you can control where you go next.” ― Kirsten Hubbard, Wanderlove Go-Date: Day 53 – 55, Saturday thru Monday. March 16, 17 & 18 Lesson Learned: Figure out what kind of a visit you desire before you book lodging. Through Greece, we’ve had different intent’s for our visits to […]
Happy Agios Nikolaos St Patrick’s Day
“The saddest journey in the world is the one that follows a precise itinerary. Then you’re not a traveler. You’re a fucking tourist.” ― Guillermo del Toro Go-Date: Day 50 – 53, Wednesday thru Saturday. March 13, 14, 15 & 16 Lesson Learned: Nothing makes for a worse stay in a town/resort/village/city than a bad […]
Early Exit to Agios Nikolaos
“I have taken roads that I wished I had not traveled on. And I’m traveling on some pretty exciting ones, too.” -Paul Newman Go-Date: Day 50, Wednesday. March 13 Lesson Learned: Sometimes you just know when its time to leave. We booked 2 weeks in Chania, and by day 10 we knew we’d already seen […]
Let’s Go Fly A Kite to Aptera
“Happiness is good health and a bad memory.” Ingrid Bergman (1917-1982) Go-Date: Days 48 & 49, Monday & Tuesday. March 11 & 12 Lesson Learned: Buy sunscreen in America. No, this isn’t a Buy USA ad, its just a warning that sunscreen is expensive when you buy it here. I don’t know why, it just […]
Moni Katholiko, Artist Village & Therisos Gorge
“Traveling off the main road wastes a lot of time. But one discovers many wonderful things.” ― Marty Rubin “Toula, they two kinds of people: Greeks, and everybody else who wish they was Greek.” -Gus, My Big Fat Greek Wedding ” Yes, inside the lump… was my twin!” -Aunt Voula, My Big Fat Greek Wedding […]
Fortress, Cemeteries, Ruins & Monasteries
“You can handle just about anything that comes at you out on the road with a believable grin, common sense and whiskey.” ― Bill Murray, Common Sense and Whiskey Go-Date: Day 42 thru 44, Tuesday. March 5 – 7. Lesson Learned: Made in America. The hamburger may appear on menus in other countries. That doesn’t […]
Killing Time – Beach & Old Town
“If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.” – Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody […]
Bad Day at Blackrock
“Everything will be alright in the end so if it is not alright it is not the end.” ― Deborah Moggach, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Go-Date: Day 38, Saturday March 2. Lesson Learned: Before leaping off the beaten path, make sure of your footing. We had heard storms had been bad in Crete with several […]
Brother, Chania Spare a Dime?
“What we glean from travelers’ vivid descriptions has a special charm; whatever is far off and suggestive excites our imagination; such pleasures tempt us far more than anything we may daily experience in the narrow circle of sedentary life.” ― Alexander von Humboldt Go-Date: Day 37, Friday March 1. Strangers in a Strange Land The all-night […]
Last Ferry to Query
“I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a ‘learning experience.’ Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I’ve done as a ‘learning experience.’ It makes me feel less stupid.” -P. J. O’Rourke “There are a lot of mysterious things about boats, such as why anyone would get on one […]