A Morning of Holiday Sax

Like in the medieval flore tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, hotel guests were drawn to breakfast this morning by following the sounds of a saxophonist, which also proved to be a very enjoyable start to our day. After breakfast we decided to make use of public transport and headed into Rethymno, the 3rd largest town in Crete. Only our journey didn't last long as unknowingly had to buy our bus tickets from the supermarket across the street first. Fortunately, another bus pulled up shortly after. It looks as though Health and Safety were on holiday when this bus stop was put in place as the bus stops ✋️ right on a zebra crossing. This also means that whilst waiting for the bus 🚌 the traffic kept stopping to let people waiting for the bus to cross the road ..... which of course they didn't 🤣 Anyway, I digress Our standing 🧍‍♂️🧍‍♀️room only bus journey eventually arrived in Rethymno and we headed straight for the old town and it's Venetian harbour. After walking out along the wall to the lighthouse and back we re-entered the old harbour area with it's many cafes and restaurants and told to not be afraid and to stop for a drink, unfortunately, we should have been very afraid as the waitress must've misheard me and thought we wanted a beer 🍺 and an expressive coffee ☕️ as when she brought it both Jayne and I along with my cap and phone 📱 ended up wearing it!!! Unfunny enough the cafe workers were more concerned about drying their table than their coffee sodden guests!! Leaving the cafe after paying the full price of the bill, but not for the sugar laden cake we were given as compensation, we walked a little way up the coastline between the sea and the walls of Rethymno's Fortezza a massive 16th-century Venetian citadel towering over the city's Old Town on the rocky Paleokastro hill. Built between 1573 and 1580 to protect citizens from pirate raids, it is the largest Venetian castle in Crete. Near to the fortezza's main arched entrance (Eastern Central Gate) is the Archaeological Museum which until the1970's was Rethymno's Jail.Read more