Day 9: Iraklio

Friday, September 21

It was the half-way point in our trip and, since we weren't able to go on to Santorini, we decided to have a lazy day in Iraklio and see some of the stuff we'd not seen yet. We had crepes at a different place (me: banana, lemon, sugar; Daniel: orange marmalade) and went back to the hotel to change rooms.

We started with the Venetian Fort at the old harbor, which had been crucial in holding off the 21-siege of the city. We also walked along the retaining wall that marked the old harbor. I got on the higher level but only Daniel walked all the way out to the end.

We had our Greek-time lunch around 2:30 at Izmir Kebap, then went back to the room for our afternoon siesta. Daniel slept and I wrote postcards and then journaled for 2 hours, which has helped me greatly in these belated travel reports (but which run out after this!). Of course, this meant that Daniel slept for over 2 hours after his marathon sleep the night before. He was officially sick.

We broke out the Lonely Planet for a dinner restaurant. Wound up at a place across from the water down near the old harbor that had an outdoor grill. We shared salad and grilled cuttlefish. Daniel had much of a cute bottle of ouzo. It was amazingly windy out along the water.

After dinner, we went back to the hotel where Daniel slept and I read before turning in.