Omalos in Winter

An other wish I had, was to get up to beautiful Omalos again. I saw the snow capped mountains from town, all the wonderful pictures of all the snow in the newspaper and on Internet, and dreamt about a trip. Sunday was a perfect day for a car trip. Me and my husband Georgos went […]

A Winter Beach Walk

I woke up one sunny and I thought it was a wonderful day for a walk with my dogs along the beaches. We walked 5km from the old town to a suburb called Agioi Apostoli. We have the most wonderful small beaches all along the coast, and we enjoy them all year around. I wanted […]

Crete – The White Bride of the South

If you have followed the blog, you have seen wonderful pictures from a snowy Crete. Maybe pictures you never thought you would see. We got even colder weather, and more snow the last week. It was snow everywhere, also down by the coast. It started with sheath in the morning on Sunday the 8th, but […]

The celebration of Theophany in Chania

The 6th of January is a public holiday in Greece. It’s another day of celebration after Christmas and New Year’s eve, but has actually nothing to do with Christmas. On this day the Greek Orthodox church, celebrate the day that Jesus was baptist by John the Baptist in the river Jordan. It is called Theofania […]

Crete in Snow – Photos from the white island

Crete has amazing places to visit during the summer season. Everyone knows ”what means Crete” from May to September. You know, people who live here can see the island from a different point of view. In winter the high peaks of the Cretan mountains are covered by snow. It is a very unusual phenomenon for […]

Christmas in Chania

Here in Crete we have cold weather and a lot of snow in the mountains. So you can say that we have a bit of White Christmas, but not near the sea!! The town is decorated with light, some Christmas trees and boats, as is the Greek tradition. It was common to decorate a small […]

The Polirinia Gorge and Village

I went on a nice Sunday trip with EOS, the Greek Mountain Club, Hania chapter last Sunday. This is a very active and well organized club. Anyone can join in on our walks, that is every Sunday all year through, and often for the weekend. You can find information here: http://www.eoshanion.gr/en/. You don’t have to […]

A Trip to Eleftherna and Margarites

Last Sunday I went for an other excellent trip with EOS, the Greek mountainclub chapter Hania. We went with three buses in the morning, and the new archaeological museum in Eleftherna was our first stop. This is a brand new museum with finds from the area.   The museum is located outside Rethimno and you […]

Traditional Cretan Music & Dance

In one of the most famous myths, for example, the Kourites, the guardians of the infant Zeus, danced while they beat their shields, in order to cover up the infant’s crying. Homer mentioned the shield of Achilles, which was adorned with scenes of revelry in Knossos. In Crete music played an important role in every […]

Winter in Crete from a different side of view

Most of the people are visiting Crete during the summer season. I would suggest a visit outside the season. Why would I say that? The island is green and quiet. The sea is so clean and the beaches without sunbeds and umbrellas. The mountains white with snow most of the winter months and it is […]