Crete, part 1

Got to the south coast of Crete about six days ago... a genuine paradise. Mostly been hanging out with friends and doing a lot of swimming in the Libyan Sea. The stars are bright here... the Milky Way disc is clearly visible. The climb down to the water and back is challenging, but I have the sure-footedness of a mountain goat.















We like to swim out to the little rock island and jump from the 3m precipice.



The food in Crete is amazingly flavorful and really quite special. The locals manage to do this without really trying, it seems.






At one of my favorite local tavernas, run by an old Greek couple probably in their mid eighties. Everything is theirs: they grow all of the vegetables and herbs in the garden adjacent to the taverna, they grow the grapes to produce their own wine and raki on the adjacent hills, they make their own cheese from milk from their own goats, they also make homemade icecream. They move the heavy loads around with their donkey. Gotta admire their dedication to good honest quality. Inexpensive as well.



A couple minutes after we ordered our salad, the old guy is seen going through the garden gathering the ingredients for our particular salad.



In this photo he is clutching in his hand what will soon become our salad.

Location:Crete, Greece