Greece Day 2
We woke up at 5:15 this morning and ate our breakfast, which had been delivered to our room the night before. We were leaving so early that we would miss the hotel breakfast that took place from 7 to 10 a.m.! Breakfast in foreign countries fascinate me. This one consisted of lots of bread and rolls, fruit, butter, honey, jam, and coffee.
We packed up (almost) all of our stuff...stay tuned to see what I forgot in the hotel room! The taxis picked us up at the front door at 6:45 and we headed back to the Athens airport.
As we waited for our flight, I read all about Crete in my Greece book. I was so excited to go to Crete!
Finally, it was time to board. So we got on the bus that took us to the plane. Then we climbed the stairs to the plane and took our seats.
Here's DH's booty climbing the steps:
It was a short flight, maybe 45 minutes. Here's a view from the airplane
When we landed, we found our drivers who would take us to our hotel in Rethymnon, Crete!
I don't know if you can see it in this pic, but in the lettering on the outside of the airport, there were hundreds of birds' nests. EEK!!! I have a serious fear of birds, so this was not a fun sight for me to see.
DH, his sister, and I went in one car and my MIL and BIL went in the other. It was about an hour drive to the little Venetian town we would stay in. We arrived at our destination and found our beautiful little hotel. It was located among streets that are not passable to cars. That's how old this town is! Amazing!
Our hotel was called Avli
Here's the entrance to our hotel...we walked up those stairs you can see on the right to get to the rooms.
After getting situated in the rooms, it was time for lunch! DH and I shared another souvlaki and a Greek salad:
And they put fries on the pita again!
Lunch was delicious! Then it was time to explore. Here's the fountain that used to supply the water for the whole town:
Here's the boardwalk to the beach:
The beach was BEAUTIFUL! We would definitely be back at the beach the next day.
We explored the town some more and went into some of the shops.
We headed back to the hotel and went for a swim in our rooftop pool
We had some gelato. YUM!
We walked along the water at dusk.
And we had dinner!
I was hit by a tired wave at dinner this night, so it was straight to bed after dinner.
It was another great day in Greece!
American food eludes the rest of the world! That's too funny!
(I haven't eaten my piece of baklava yet) and I even priced flights to Athens! One day! One day!
