May 26, 2009 Nordhavn wanted to throw a celebration party for us at their offices in Dana Point, but with our trip to Greece and Eric going back to work, we had trouble coming up with a date that worked everyone. We finally agreed to the 26th for the party, with us taking the boat up there on the 25th and leaving for San Diego again on the 27th.
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May 23, 2009 We were in better spirits when we got up the next morning. On Thursday, we were both grouchy and unhappy, Christi from lack of sleep and Eric from being sick. A solid night of deep sleep was definitely what the doctor ordered. Once in a better mood, we realized Continue reading
May 21, 2009 — This morning we got up at 0430 am and left for the airport at 0530. It was especially painful for Christi to get up since she only had about 3 hours of sleep. The flights from Crete to Athens and Athens to Paris were uneventful.
We only had Continue reading
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Wednesday, May 20 This afternoon Andronikos, Eric and Christi set out to go to an archeological site called Axon, located in the mountains. We followed the same road that we took the day we took the day we went to the monastery and cave last summer. Last year it had been and the hills were dry. Right now the hills are verdant and green, with the flowers in full bloom. It is absolutely gorgeous. Just like last year, we saw lots of goats running around on the hills and several hanging out on the road.
We passed the monastery, but before we got to the cave we turned off onto a different road. We passed through several more small villages. One of them was the village where we had gone to the wedding with 3,000 guests a few years ago and has a reputation for being one of the most traditional villages left today. In another village, we spotted a 16th century church that looks like it is still in use. We tried to go in, but it was closed.
The towns are nothing more than Continue reading