Heraklion Greece …Cretes Capital

Visited Heraklion Greece today.
We started at an olive oil farm . So they have a special hand held rake they use to shake the olives from the tree onto netting . Once on the nets they packed and taken to the farm where a machine separates branches leaves from olives n process of cleansing then a gentle crushing begins ,then to high speed rotating machine that separates oil from the paste ..the waste which is seeds is used for compost also they burn it in there homes like wood pellets .olive oil is extracted n storage in stainless vats to protect from light and temperature control. At the end of the tour we had a fabulous tasting .
We also visited the Knossos palace which was destroyed 3 times .Twice by earthquakes and one by fire. The ruins are massive . The palace was built with such complexity that none of those who entered could find the way out …Not so today so many people
We passed Spilla Venetian Aqueduct which supplied water to the city from the mountains from 17 century until early 20 th century.
Then we traveled to old walled city and ventured into the market . Unfortunately for me only 20 minutes of power shopping , Chuck was very happy with this . I could still be shopping lovely little markets ,so much to see .Read more