Sooo... definitely the best beach Clare and I have seen. AMAZING! LOVE IT! Please don't make me leave! And it was less than a 10min walk from the hostel! Freaking awesome. I'm pretty sure we were in paradise. Which says a lot considering someone told us there were way better beaches about 25km away. Oh well, we were perfectly happy! :) We got some serious tan lines, and maybe a tad bit burnt! Oops! It was worth it for a real beach with sand and crystal clear water! It was so gorgeous! And seeing your feet on the bottom was pretty cool!!!
After a day well-spent, we showered up and had dinner at a restaurant that we'd seen at the beach--open deck right out on the sand pretty much! We call this place "Michael's" because that was our server's name and he was kinda in love with Clare Bear! haha... we got a pic with him, too! :) Their food was outstanding-- shrimp pasta, greek salad, stuffed vine leaves (a new FAVE item!), and grilled veggies with a bit of cheese from Cyprus (or so I was told). Oh, and they gave us BUTTER with our bread--first time the entire trip! THANK GOD FOR BUTTER!!!! hahaha, we'd been so deprived! ;)
Clare talked her way into getting a beer glass for free from Michael. Such skills. Stopped at another place, Prime, for a drink on the walk back where she doubled her earnings with another glass from the bartender. So proud. So jealous. I am just not that smooth, haha. Getting back to our hotel, Alexander was working again and he greeted us with handshakes and cheek kisses. So funny! And then we had another drink with him and 2 other guys--dear lord, one of them was pretty much the textbook definition of a Greek God. LOL. Seriously, though... god status. We probably stared. Oh well.
The next day, after breakfast (which wasn't very impressive, but decent enough and included in the hostel price!), we went to Knossos to learn about the Minoan civilization and the Minotaur. So disappointed I didn't see it, haha, but it was interesting. Unbelievably hotttttt that day, we barely survived the tour! Afterwards, we hit a gyro shop across the street. Everything was fresh, including the apple juice I ordered. I'm talking the dude picked up a few whole apples off the table and turned it into juice for me. Amazing. And the gyros were out of this world!!!! I took a pic of them, haha.
After the short bus ride back into town, we accidentally found our way to the old Venetian fortress on the harbor. Not too much there in the way of tourism, but cool to see and being near the water is always nice. Always. Mmm, another fantastic day in the lives of Erin and ClareBear!
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