Koutsounari to Heraklion

We never sleep well when we have an early alarm set and sure enough we were both up and about before the alarms went off.

The drive back to the airport is just under two hours and there is hardly a car on the road at 7am.

The water is a gorgeous blue this morning and very calm. The scenery on the drive is mixture of rugged one minute, then there will pop up a village with inviting beaches.

The hire car company asked us to ring in when we were 20 minutes out. This coincided nicely with filling the tank. We didn’t even use half a tank which is just as well because petrol is double what the price is back home.

The airport is a zoo. Traffic jams made it difficult to find our man. He saw us first and waved us to park near him. He looked at the fuel gauge, smiled and said thank you. That was the full extent of the return process. Our little Fiat 1200 did a good job.

Heraklion airport is a nightmare. Way too small for the holiday makers traffic. The great news is our bags were underweight and were able to be checked through to Melbourne.

Sharon wanted a spanakopita so I queued up for some food and that was breakie. On to Athens.

Our time between flights in Athens is 7 hours. Yuck. Thank goodness for the airline lounge. I listened to the footy while Shad read her kindle.

Eventually boarding time arrived and we have 4.5 hours to Doha.Read more