Day 21, Rethymno to Chania

Day 21

Time to leave Rethymno. It was cloudy, as forecast, and the sea was rough. Our host came over at 10 and helped us with our luggage and waited until our taxi arrived.  Stauros was a great host with lots of treats to make our stay comfortable.  The bus left promptly at 11 for Chania, a one hour journey.  We checked into the Nefeli Hotel by the bus station.  We were hungry and walked into old town in search of a place to eat.  We decided on a restaurant where we had our last lunch before we left last year. 

Jill had chicken souvlaki, which she couldn’t understand why she hadn’t had it yet.  She loved it and I believe I heard moans.  I was craving fried calamari and chips and it was excellent.  I keep checking my fingers to see if tentacles were forming.  No, not yet.  One of the owners came over and I told him that I remembered his smile from last year.  He said he couldn’t lie and say he remembered me.  We had a good laugh and he signalled someone and next thing you know we had a bottle of raki brought to our table.  He smiled and came to our table and said, “compliments of Mr FEEL GOOD”.  Oh yeah, it worked, we were feeling good. The old town was jam packed with people, which happens when the water is rough. 

We strolled to the Venetian harbour where lots of people were watching the waves outside the wall. We walked the wall very carefully and took some pics. What was interesting about our walkabout in Chania was that we turned down streets we had never walked before and saw some old structures probably dating to the city’s beginnings. We stopped into the Agora Market on the way back to our hotel for some last minute shopping.

Before we stepped out for dinner, I took a shot of the sun going down.