Day 20 - An Unexpected Visit to Another Island

April 8 - Docked at Crete for 19 hours

We woke up to no movement, so we realized the boat was still in the harbor at Crete. We heard many stories, but finally got the “skinny” that the port officials wouldn't let the ferry go because of the bad weather in Santorini – wind and rain.  We had brought on a little food - cheese and bread, apples,oranges, yogurt and cucumbers, but we were about out and didn't want to buy expensive restaurant food, so we weren't happy campers.

Rich is eating a really long cucumber

Shari is looking REALLY tired after a LONG ferry ride and the end isn't in sight

 At first, they wouldn't let anyone off the boat and finally about 1 p.m., they were issuing passes to get off and walk around Crete. We found two other young people that wanted to go with us, so off we went for the next few hours to see about Crete. 

An interesting tree - see the face?

Athena and I with these amazing fuzzy pretty flowers

Sweet little Greek children with their grandmother

Enjoying the afternoon in Crete with Marcos and Athena

The old wall is around a park

Love these cute little churches!

 Marcos serves in the military in South Africa and is on vacation and Elena is starting a new life and business with some friends in Athens. We had a lot of fun walking the streets, having some fresh orange juice, and just enjoying getting off the boat.

Put your feet in this tub of fishies and they eat the dead skin off - it really works, but I was not brave enough to do it!

Town Hall of Crete

Rows and rows of dried bread - very popular!

The skull of Titeus of the Bible is in here

Very beautiful church

On the square with our new friends

LOVE the spring flowers

After we got back on the boat, Rich and I watched a movie on our laptop and went to bed around 10:00 because the word was that we would dock in Santorini around 3 a.m. We did get about four hours of sleep.