Saturday. GT2 Day Fourteen. Aptera, Crete, Greece. Two weeks we have been in Greece now. It is hard to believe! Last night was our night to sleep in and get some rest, because today is our last full day in Greece and Emily wants to spend the day at the nearby beach, and tonight at …
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June 21, 2019: Knossos and Psychro Cave
Friday. GT2 Day Thirteen. Aptera, Crete, Greece. Dominica got me up early today, six o’clock! Today’s plan is to drive in the early morning all of the way back east to Iraklio and go to visit the ruins of Knossos, the biggest attraction and historical site on Crete. Dominica and I did Knossos with Liesl …
June 20, 2019: Glyka Nera
Thursday. GT2 Day Twelve. Aptera, Crete, Greece. Today is Emily’s “inaccessible beach” day. We have chosen Glyka Nera because it is close to us, relatively speaking, and is the highest ranked inaccessible beach on Crete, and because it has the super unique feature of having fresh water from snow melt coming from the top of …
June 19, 2019: Ancient Aptera
Wednesday. GT2 Day Eleven. Aptera, Crete, Greece. We are now, officially, in the “middle” of our thirty day grand tour of Europe. And we are all pretty tired. Actually today, we are doing pretty well first thing in the morning. If first thing is ten thirty. Dominica and I slept in until close to nine. …
June 18, 2019: Chania Shopping
Tuesday. GT2 Day Ten. Aptera, Crete, Greece. Hard to believe that we are ten days in to the trip now! Already one third of the way through it. We have done a lot already, but it is just heating up. So much left to do. But a lot more of Crete before we do anything …