I do love
the calm Mediterranean Sea taking us back to Greece, having seen Athens and Santorini
years ago on a cruise. Crete nestled between the Sea of Crete and the Libyan
sea has 700,000 inhabitants, with three ports and two airports, as the largest
island of the many islands of Greece. Don along with Glee, Lindi and me are
ready to explore the Botanic garden, a 24,000-acre facility with hillside
topography. We negotiated for a taxi 25 miles from the small town of Chania (say
hi-na). I found the HIKE too challenging for the risk to my bones so held back
and took photos, visited with others that decided not to hike and enjoyed the
hour while the others were on the path for an hour. The village of Chaina was fun with narrow streets
and worn pastel paint. We enjoyed the twisty alleys and emerged to a café with
a view of the harbor. Lindi treated the
group to drinks. Bougainville hung at
every turn and balconies to the second floor were charming. The search was on
for olives, the major import along with citrus. Olives won’t harvest until
later in November and to tote back to Wyoming needed them to be canned. O-well maybe tomorrow in Cyprus.
“One of the first lessons of life in
Greece is that everything is difficult and nothing is impossible.”
John Mole
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