Sunday's lesson was: never, ever, order the mix plate. Sunday was the day of the Mix Plate Disasters. Lunch was a Meat Mix Plate; dinner was a Seafood Mix Plate. They probably took off 5 years of my life each, never mind the complementary raki (i.e. grape liquor from home stills).
We're still in Chania, awaiting the overnight ferry back to Piraeus. The first time we did the overnight was on a GA Ferries liner, 24 hours after we had left DC. We were rather smelly -- even me, who generally believes that Asians don't smell. That was a pretty nasty voyage. Tonight's ship is run by Hellenic Seaways, so I'm hoping it's going to be less nasty
I think fiscal discipline might need to start being imposed on this trip, too. Getting used to paying in euros kind of breaks the bank, especially when you're going to be traveling for awhile. We've been kind of drawn to restaurants with food that we haven't tried yet, which makes for more interesting meals (including the Kokoretsi Disaster and Retsina Experience). We were halfway tempted to try Greek Chinese food, but not yet. I just stole a menu for any upcoming scrapbooks.
Later addition:
I saw a kri-kri!! We were trying to find the post office, got lost, and instead ended up in the Chania city gardens where they have kri-kris (indigenous Cretan goats) -- 3 adult males, 2 adult females and 2 kids. Those kids can jump 2-3 times their own height, and are way cuter than I ever imagined goats could be. Yay goats.
We're still in Chania, awaiting the overnight ferry back to Piraeus. The first time we did the overnight was on a GA Ferries liner, 24 hours after we had left DC. We were rather smelly -- even me, who generally believes that Asians don't smell. That was a pretty nasty voyage. Tonight's ship is run by Hellenic Seaways, so I'm hoping it's going to be less nasty
I think fiscal discipline might need to start being imposed on this trip, too. Getting used to paying in euros kind of breaks the bank, especially when you're going to be traveling for awhile. We've been kind of drawn to restaurants with food that we haven't tried yet, which makes for more interesting meals (including the Kokoretsi Disaster and Retsina Experience). We were halfway tempted to try Greek Chinese food, but not yet. I just stole a menu for any upcoming scrapbooks.
Later addition:
I saw a kri-kri!! We were trying to find the post office, got lost, and instead ended up in the Chania city gardens where they have kri-kris (indigenous Cretan goats) -- 3 adult males, 2 adult females and 2 kids. Those kids can jump 2-3 times their own height, and are way cuter than I ever imagined goats could be. Yay goats.
