Chloë and Jack had a two week holiday on Crete this month. They flew into Heraklion and had a night in each of three cities as they worked their way westward. They particularly liked Rethymnon, as do many! There are details and photos on Chloë's Facebook page.
We met them from the Chania bus on the second of a series of very windy days. As there were several more it was some time before we were in the sea together, and that was on a day out with car seeking shelter. Killing three birds with one stone we visited Houmas, which is strictly in Gramenon. This has worked its way up in just a few years to being Number 1 for the town on TripAdvisor, so we were happy to have a long and delicious lunch on their terrace. It is a serious contender for the nuptials so we cased the joint, and it has sunbeds round a sheltered sandy bay, so we snoozed, read and swam through the afternoon.
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| Loutro: pretty but not deserted in August! |
They sometimes joined us on Limnaki beach, especially at the
cantina for beer, lunch and
tavli, but also liked the stony beach, and at a weekend took the boat to Loutro as they did last year. Whilst there they enjoyed (as did Greyrocks in Paleo) a beautiful red moon, but they returned saying "Never again - or certainly not in August". It had been heaving! Back here they were staying at the other end of the village and did their own thing on a number of evenings, but we re-visited old favourite restaurants with them and they met up with some of Chloë's friends from childhood.
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| Monika's Garden |
Their presence in the village was an excuse to visit two wine bars for the first time:
Monika's Garden is in its second season and becoming
popular. It turns out that a very old friend in the village is associated with it as his daughter will soon marry Polydoros. The courtyard is beautiful, but it was a very hot evening and it ended with Ruth suffering her first ever bout of
heat exhaustion which continued into the next day!
and
Castro - (not with a K as in the last post), where we enjoyed the stunning view at sunset.
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| Castro |
Otherwise they joined us for drinks at the usual haunt: Cosmogonía, where the size of multi-national groups of friends has been steadily growing through the season, and "home time" has been similarly advancing!
Chloë and Jack departed on Thursday by bus. Greyrocks recovered and are getting ready for a busy but cooler September. Last night we noticed that the first sculptures have been installed on the stony side prom (now designated a "boulevard") in anticipation of
Paleochora Art Week 2016 (which is of course longer than a week!)
We met them from the Chania bus on the second of a series of very windy days. As there were several more it was some time before we were in the sea together, and that was on a day out with car seeking shelter. Killing three birds with one stone we visited Houmas, which is strictly in Gramenon. This has worked its way up in just a few years to being Number 1 for the town on TripAdvisor, so we were happy to have a long and delicious lunch on their terrace. It is a serious contender for the nuptials so we cased the joint, and it has sunbeds round a sheltered sandy bay, so we snoozed, read and swam through the afternoon.
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