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Crete

 Our first island was Crete.   I made one mistake in planning.  I didn't realize how big Crete is and we flew into Chania airport instead of Herakliou airport which is 15 minutes from the ferry port.

It took us 2 hours by taxi to reach our hotel but the drive


was beautiful.

I booked a small family run hotel and we received a really warm reception.  At our first dinner, Scott and I discovered Greece is rather inexpensive especially compared to Paris.


We started our first day with an ATV tour through the rural hillsides.  We had so much fun.  The boys tried driving but found their hands a little small for the controls.
Along the way we explore a local cave.  The rock formations were beautiful and it was a nice escape from the sun. 

Our next days were spent jumping from the beach to the pool and back.  The waves were a lot smaller than what we are used to but the water was such a nice temperature. 

The hotel staff was so nice.  They noticed the boys never ate the french fries so they started omitting them and just bringing more nuggets.
When we checked out, the owner's mother insisted on giving the boys a huge homemade dessert topped with ice cream while his father was disappointed we hadn't had Raki (Greek digestive liqueur that's 90 proof) so he sent a bottle of the special Raki from his village with us.  Crete maintained a spot at the top of our list throughout our travels.

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