Things learned about Crete.
1. There are mosquitoes. Blake killed 13 in our room tonight. No more leaving the windows open during the day.
2. The food costs are a lot higher here than in Berlin. I got a hunk of lamb for 4 euros thinking it would be sufficient for a part of a meal? I think I cut about 8 morsels off of it. It was tasty but it didn’t go very far. One of the many street cats here is going to be happy when he fetches that tasty morsel out of the trash.
3. There are many Dutch people. And they are all tan?? It’s only May 17th How can they be so tan so early in the season? I mean tan as in sunburned tan, not the yellow kind you get from the tanning bed.
4. There are lots of fur shops??? As we drove to this resort town in I must have spotted at least 6. All free standing concrete buildings, which is unusual as most of the shops and restaurants here are close together. After June 1 the temperature soars over 90 degrees here for several months. It is a beach resort. What gives? Apparently the Russians. They come for the good times, the Uzo and the cheap furs.
5. Zeus was born in a cave here. And then raised in another cave nearby. He couldn't stay in the same cave? He's the king of the Gods, if he wants to stay somewhere, he pretty much decides doesn't he?
6. Everyone is friendly and grateful for our business. The men all shake Blake’s hand as we leave a shop and if we walk by the next day, its greetings and pleasantries all over again, " I remember you!"
7. The sun will burn you faster than you can say debt crisis.
No comments:
Post a Comment