Greece!! A week on Crete with Missy 6-12 June










Missy and I headed off for a girls week away in Greece. We decided to stay on the island of Crete for the whole week as there were fantastic flights and accomodation packages. We were staying half way between Malia and Stalos, about 5 mins walk between each. This was a great combination as Stalos was quaint with nice restaurants etc and Malia was the party place with all the bars!!

We did several day trips, my favourite was to Santorini for the day. This island is postcard material and looks exactly like all those countless Greece scenes you see with blues skies/water and white wash buildings. It was much smaller than I imagined though! We only really had time to explore the main township, it was very tourity but still lovely. Apparently it is only open about 6 months of the year as most of their income comes from tourists.

Another day trip we took a boat to Spinalonga - a small island that used to be a leapar colony until a few decades ago. Very interesting and it also had ruins dating back to 1600s (i think?!) Our boat also stopped off on another island for a bbq lunch.

We also spent a day exploring the next township over from us, did a spot of shopping and went to a typical 'Greek Night' with food and dancing.

Of course we had to spend several days doing nothing and lazing around on the beach and eating! This was the perfect place for dining out and I think we ate out all bar one night! The meals were devine and massive and Missy often had the waiter looking at her at the end of the meal asking 'What happened??!!' as she hadn't managed to finish it!!

Again more pics at: http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbum.jsp?PhotoAlbumId=1449542538