Tour of Rethymno and drive to Chania

Today, we started the day with a VoiceMap walking tour of Rethymno with Mr Rutaki. We explored a beautiful harbor and walked some winding Venetian streets. The signs of multiple layers of history were everywhere. There is a huge mosque looking building with a minaret, which was first a Byzantine church, then a mosque under the Ottomans, and then a church again, but they didn’t want to remove a beautiful minaret, so they left it. Now it’s an arts exhibition hall. We walked around the beautiful Rethymno fortress - I can imagine that in high season it would be packed, but now we were the only ones. Then we packed up, and left Rethymno, on a 3 hour drive west towards Chania with Mr Rutaki. We stopped in a small village to see its beautiful church, and on another stop, we walked towards a small chapel dedicated to 5 virgins, who according to a legend, were martyred for their Christian faith. It was in such a beautiful remote setting! The tour ended in a small town of Georgioupolis with beautiful lake and a small harbor. Then we drove 45 min to Chania, our next pit stop for the rest of the weekend. We had a quick dinner and went to a milonga that was advertised to us by the woman from Chania that we met at the encuentro in Venice. Unfortunately, the milonga was pretty empty, not clear why. But we chatted with the local dancers and had some nice dances.Read more