26 August 2007
Crete
Heraklion is happening. The intrepid sister has come to visit. We stayed 2 days in Germany, drinking beers at the big religious festival (anniversary of founding of the church on the bar-lined street). The street transforms, with special discos opening just for this weekend.
We drank vodka brause (put pop rocks into your mouth and wash it down with a vodka shot) and danced our pants off. in the morning we drank smoked hefeweizen and ate sausages and pretzels with sweet mustard.
then we took a cab to the train station, and a train to the airport, and a plane to Crete. tomorrow we will try to find our way out of the labyrinth at knossos before the minotaurs eat us.
it is warm and beautiful and relaxed here. the hibiscus flowers are blooming bright red. we visited a byzantine cathedral (painted to the gills). the people are charming and warm. all the girls are in skirts and little dresses (us too!). there is much drinking of coffee, and we are looking forward to octopi and ouzo. *eee* greece!
We drank vodka brause (put pop rocks into your mouth and wash it down with a vodka shot) and danced our pants off. in the morning we drank smoked hefeweizen and ate sausages and pretzels with sweet mustard.
then we took a cab to the train station, and a train to the airport, and a plane to Crete. tomorrow we will try to find our way out of the labyrinth at knossos before the minotaurs eat us.
it is warm and beautiful and relaxed here. the hibiscus flowers are blooming bright red. we visited a byzantine cathedral (painted to the gills). the people are charming and warm. all the girls are in skirts and little dresses (us too!). there is much drinking of coffee, and we are looking forward to octopi and ouzo. *eee* greece!
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