Food, glorious food (and a bit of exploring)

Hello all,

Today's post will be an ode to Food. I'm continuing to post pictures of our one-day journey from Hersonisos to the western coast of Crete.

The first stop of our little trip was...obviously... the beach. We went to some random beach near the city and spent there a lovely hour swimming and sunbathing, but our next stop was an ancient city of Rethymno. It has a very pretty Venetian port and a picturesque center with knick-knack shops and little lovely boutiques. We were told by our friends that we definitely had to try fresh seafood and fish from the port in Greece, so we thought that Rethymno port was ideal for a nice romantic meal.

See those lovely restaurants in the port? Yess, we're going in!

We ordered a jumbo prawn, some squid for a start and a grilled dorado fish with fresh weggies for a main. It was so good! I have no words to describe how amazing it was. You might think that it's such a touristy place and it's so expensive to eat in the port, but as we didn't find anything else as nice, we had a lovely meal.

By the way, as you are eating, the fish in the sea is waiting for you to throw some food in the water. I did so with a piece of potato and caused a real battle, so cool! We even put our go-pro camera into the water and made some underwater shots of the fish:)

See you all,
xxx

Chrystal clear waters of Kournas

Hi there,

It's been a while again, I know. Today I have some pictures and impressions about an amazing phenomenon - Kournas lake. It's  the only freshwater lake in Crete.

Here are some geographic facts that might be interesting to know and get an impression: lake Kournas is relatively small, with a maximum length of 1,087 m and a maximum breadth of 880 m. It covers an area of 579,000 sq. m. and is generally shallow, 22.5 m at its deepest point, while it lies approximately 20 m above sea level.

We drowe there almost randomly after we had an amazing and super filling seafood meal at Rethymnon, which I'm definitely showing in my next post. To get to the lake you have to turn left away from the sea and go by a weird country roads with barely any signs, but it's so worth it! You park the car, go down the hill with multiple pottery and souvenir shops and taverns and there you have it - an amazing view of the lake surrounded by green mountains. It's absolutely breathtaking to see something like that in Greek landscapes. It reminded me a bit of continental Europe (ignoring the fact that it was 34 degrees).

We took a little catamaran for 7 euros and went to the center of the lake. I was fascinated by the color of the water! The camera doesn't translate it well, it's even more blue in real life that on the shots! And you can see the bottom even almost in the center of the lake!

A little go-pro shot of us driving to Kournas all fancy and adults :)

Our little transport for an hour. It was so cool, such a lovely afternoon to take a little boat trip along the lake

Amazing chrystal clear water surrounded by mountains..

In real life it was all so bright, colourful catamarans, azure water and blue sky, sunshine and deep green olive trees, so impressive!

It's definitely not translating well the color, but imagine it's almost 20 meters deep

And finally a little shot of me, why not?)

To be honest, the best way to explore this region is to come for an hour or two to make a little catamaran trip - there's nothing else to do apart from eating in a pretty touristy tavern and sunbathing on the beach, but it's definitely a place to see once in your life.

xxx