Thursday, May 21, 2009

Crete

The square in Chania, where everyone meets. Love the tradition of meeting in the square.
The older gentleman runs a music school/cafe in the heart of Chania. During the day and has many students with pictures on the wall. It turns into a Cafe at night and many musicians come to play and jam the evening away. Nikos from Theo's in Penticton hung out here a lot.
Driving out of El0unda, which was one of the most expensive areas in Crete and quite the tourist centre, we overlook the island of Spinalonga which was once a leper colony.
The Leonardo Da Vinci exhibition was amazing as we discovered how brilliant this man really was and so ahead of his time.This car was invented in the 15Th century by him.

It was to cold to dive in the Sea so we did the next best thing a visit to the Cretaquarium. It was great so many interesting species. The Mediterranean is not as good as the Red Sea but lots of similar sea life.

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