Hello Chania!

After a busy week of work and exam study for E, we have been so ready for a break. Though we had an early start on Thursday, the London weather (9 degrees and pouring) had other plans and we ended up sitting in the plane for over an hour before takeoff. We landed in Chania, Crete at around 5 pm, the weather a perfect 24 degrees, picked up our car and headed to our spot. We ended up renting a fab 3 story villa with tons of indoor and outdoor space, every room its own balcony and bath and a huge pool on the roof. We decided to head out for dinner and walked about 10 minutes to a small restaurant where we could watch the sun set over the sea. Dinner had some clear winners and after finishing we found our local grocery. Greek is an experience! That goodness for google translate or else who knows what we would have purchased. Afterwards, we headed in for the night. Night swimming for a bit and a much needed good night sleep.

Pushing a big drive to another day we decided to have a chill morning and swim and read by the pool. Mid-afternoon we headed into Chania (city in the mid-ish of the north coast of Crete). The old town had the cutest harbor area (actually a Venetian harbor with lighthouse from the 14th century). The boys scrambled up wall to a lookout (this was allowed) and we walked the sea wall, enjoying the weather. We browsed in shops and had a dinner we have already put out of our minds! We usually try not to eat in the most touristy areas, but our host recommended a spot so we went. Not great, and H really not feeling well, but the view was amazing! We walked a bit more and gathered some snacks for our big day tomorrow. Chat GPT assisted with something epic (one way or another lol).Read more