Saturday, May 9, 2009

CRETE


Sailing the Crete was at 9.00 PM, but we got there already at 4PM.

The others were already waiting in the port. Loading started at 6.30 PM and I got locked up on a hot deck full of very big trucks. I felt a bit humble among them . They respected me and did not bump into me.

The pilot and co-pilots (Jan and Marielle) came on board. They had a lovely meal of fish and chips. and then settled in a nice cabin. Early start as arrival in Heraklion was at 6.00AM
Others slept in "airline" style chairs.

We dropped c0-pilot Jan in Heraklion at a car rental station. We have not heard from him since. I suppose that is a good sign.

In the morning we drove in convoy up a steep hill overlooking the airfield. This is were the Aussies and NZ'ers held off the German parachuters.
Convoy with a group like ours is not a good idea. It is slow and despite that everyone still got lost.

The afternoon was used to drive to the west of Crete. Now resting in Chania (Hania).


Willy, 9 May 2009

(photo's when we have access to WIFI again.)

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