Crete: Days 2, 3 and 4

We woke up and Cole prepared hard boiled eggs, sliced bread, tea and olives for breakfast. All of which were eaten on the adjoining porch. The day consisted of shopping, window shopping and eating. More amazing food, pictures and stumbling on historic sites. We decided that Hania was so charming we couldn't bare to part with it and extended our stay another night. We were transferred to a different room. The shower head was much better. We enjoyed out last day in Hania walking through the old market and basking in the sun on the beach. Dinner was one of the best. I cannot emphasize enough- If you come to Greece you absolutely must try the stuffed eggplant. So amazing.
A fair over view of Crete would be to say,"Watch out for the free Raki after lunch and dinner." It may come with dessert and be in an adorable bottle but that stuff is like lighter fluid. Ask Nicole. Being adverse to wasting alcohol she obligingly drank mine when I could not. This is perhaps why her dwarf name was Dopey.
We left for Heraklio in the "early" morning but missed the bus we intended to take. A stroke of luck since I really wanted a pic of the fish market...
Two and a half hours later we got to the major port city. Very cityish.
We dropped off our luggage and left directly for Knossos. The ancient Minoan palace. Luckily it was a free admittance day so we sprang for the guided tour. Our guide was struggling with her English and ended up repeating each sentence at least twice if not three times. After the tour we partook of some of the most expensive orange juices on the planet.
Returning downtown we took in some of the sights and stopped for a luxurious coffee with Baileys break.
We then trekked back to the hotel where we opened our replacement bottle of red from Hania. Dinner was very good.
The next morning we left for Ios.
Top 10 Crete:
1 Missed bus
2 Shots of Metaxa
3 Layers of sunburn
4 Hours on the beach
5 Carafs of Raki
6 Dwarfs embodied (Sneezy, Sleepy, Grumpy, Dopey, Happy, Bashful)
7 IN.KA markets
8 (.5) hours on the ferry from Athens
9 Times we commented on how clear the water was
10 + visits to the internet cafe.(Refer to #5)