Tag: Crete
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The Temple of Diktynna
11 September 2022. The Sanctuary of the Cretan Artemis We all had a decent night’s sleep last night, waking up around 8 am. My CPAP battery bank lasted just long enough to get through the night. We cleaned up before heading to the restaurant for a light breakfast and to recharge respective phones and battery…
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Milia Mountain Retreat
10 September 2022. An Oasis in the Mountains of Western Crete We took the E65/90 from Chania through Kolymvari to Kissamos. From there, we turned southeast on Palaia Ethnike Odos 90 to the village of Kaloudiana where we turned south onto Epard. Od. Kaloudianon-Chrisoskalitissas. Continuing on through the Village of Topolia, we skirted the Topolia…
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On the Road to Kydonia
Iraklio to Chania. 10 September 2022 We arose fairly early and packed our stuff (well, the things which we hadn’t already packed last night – something that I do with an almost religious fervor). Aaron and I went to pick up the rental car from the overnight garage, which cost me about €50 if I…
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The Labyrinth of King Minos (Part 5)
8 September 2022. The Palace of Knossos. We stopped back at the Airbnb before heading down to the old Venetian Port to catch a cab back to Nikos Kazantzakis International Airport. There, we picked up the Enterprise rental car that I had reserved for the remainder of our Cretan adventure. It was a BMW SUV…
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The Labyrinth of King Minos (Part 4)
9 September 2022. Iraklio, Crete In my last post we had just finished up our sprint through the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion. We then dashed across the old town center of Iraklio to a lunch date with Paul and Michael P.’s friends, Ivars and Lisa, at Peskesi. Lisa’s niece, who worked at the restaurant, arranged…
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The Labyrinth of King Minos (Part 3)
9 September 2022. Iraklio, Crete. This is the third and final tranche of photos from the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion. Up to this point, I’ve focused on the Minoan & Mycenaean civilizations. I certainly have a few more photos on that topic that I’ll be sharing herein, but I’m going to finish up in the…
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The Labyrinth of King Minos (Part 2)
9 September 2022. Iraklio, Crete. This blog post covers the second tranche of photos taken at the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion. The object shown above is the so-called Chieftain Cup found at the Minoan palace of Agia Triada. Archaeologist Robert Koehl has argued that this chalice represents a homoerotic same-sex rite of passage, perhaps associated…
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The Labyrinth of King Minos (Part 1)
9 September 2022. Iraklio, Crete It was quite late when we finally got to bed last night at our Airbnb in Iraklio. Therefore, we felt justified to sleep in today. Even Paul, who is not known for letting the moss grow when sightseeing is afoot, slept in a bit. Our digs for this stage of…
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It’s All Greek
Four weeks ago today, I and three traveling companions (Paul, Michael P., and Aaron) were flying back from a ten-day trip to Crete and mainland Greece. For those of you who know me, you understand what a big deal this was. I hadn’t been on an actual, non-working vacation since 1999. And other than a…