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Sunday, June 17, 2007

In Dis Crete!

Today is our last full day in Crete before we head to Athens tomorrow. We have plans to raid the ancient fortress on the island outside our hotel before lunch...even if it took the Turks 30 years to overthrow it.

We're having more technical difficulties since Brian dropped his palm pilot in the sink...which happened to be clogged and which happened to be containing water at the time. Life happens. Hopefully we'll recitfy the situation soon. UPDATE: Found a memory card reader for 15 Euros. Problem solved.

We made a rebellious pilgrimage to the main town of Elounda last night, since our stuffy rich people hotel is cramping our style, and we ate at an oustanding little restaurant (Ferryman Taverna) right on the water, surrounded by begging stray cats, kids hawking flowers and glow bracelets, and our first offical piece of baklava this trip. Yay!

The town of Elounda is very pretty, although it does cater to the wealthy tourists in the area. Every Taxi is an expenisve Mercedes with leather seats and video screens in the backs of the chairs. Ridiculous. And we still had to share the cab with another load of people. That kind of seems to deflate the luxury if you ask me.

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