Digital Wanderer

We live as long as we fly

Crete — 20, Kournas village

The next day, I suggested to Sergey that we go on an excursion, since Tanya didn't want to. But Tanya didn't want to let Sergey go either. Then I suggested renting the car for another day, but it turned out that not only did we have to return ours, but the rest of the cars at the rental place were booked, and what's more — at other rental places too. That's the tourist season for you (if I'm lying, Tanya will correct me).

Top view of a deep blue lake surrounded by dry rocky mountains with sparse vegetation under a clear sky. In the foreground is a terrace with a swimming pool and a stone rim.

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Crete — 19, Animation

As I've already mentioned, animation is entertainment for hotel guests, organized by special people. Animation happens during the day and in the evening. In the morning it's pool gymnastics, in the afternoon it's sports games like volleyball or archery. But in the evening, a themed show is put on.

I don't remember what was on which day, so I'll just tell you what kind of performances we saw. You could check the schedule on the board in the hotel lobby.

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Crete — 18, stores and the aquarium

First, I'll talk about the stores, and then about what we did after Heraklion. As it turned out, we didn't do much, so there won't be a separate post about it. Since posting pictures of grocery stores is silly, the story will be interspersed with official photos of the Cretan aquarium.

In Kavros, there are two stores and a gas station right next to each other. One of the supermarkets belongs to the local chain Inka. As we can see, Cretans couldn't resist the temptation to use trendy foreign words for their brands. Even though you'd think they have plenty of exoticism of their own.

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Crete — 17, Heraklion

Having finally found a parking spot for the car, we started trudging up through the recently rebuilt St. George's Gate. While walking, we heard intense music — a pretty weird thing in the middle of a deserted tunnel with a staircase, which is exactly what St. George's Gate is.

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