From Santorini we boarded a large ship and made our way to Herkalion, Crete. We walked to our hotel which was a good 45 minutes away through some of the main streets which true to my liking were void of cars, and pedestrian only. Interestingly enough, the Venetians during their control of Crete built huge city walls around Herkalion. We passed through these walls right before reaching our hotel. The venetian influences never end! There was also a little Venice in Mykonos, and Napflion, a city we visited later in our trip also had a Venetian era.
The next morning we headed up to enjoy breakfast on the hotel balcony when Nisha and I felt someone staring at us. I ignored the feeling at first, as we usually got stared at a lot in Italy and Greece, but then turned my head and saw….Paola, a co-worker of mine from my company in Italy, with her jaw dropped in surprise! What are the chances of being in the same country, same island, same hotel, and eating breakfast at the same time? Paola and her boyfriend graciously offered us a ride to Knossos, the island’s famous archeological site, since they were also planning to go there and they had a rental car!
Knossos is thought to be the former political center of the Minoan Civilization. It was a cool site compared to other ruins we visited in Greece since they rebuilt a lot of site so it looked more than just a bunch of eroded stones. It left less to the imagination, for better or worse. There were lots of cool rooms, frescoes, columns, pottery, and structures at the site – explained in detail by our petite but enthusiastic tour guide (who Nisha also later saw shuffling around a few days later in the Athens airport!).
After Knossos we walked around the city some more, and then headed to the airport to go back to Athens. My e-ticket was robbed of all of its advanced technology at the ticket counter. The airline employee pulled out a carbon copy machine and gave me a really antiquated ticket in exchange. Oh well, as long as it works?
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