Chaniá, Greece
35° 30' N 24° 0' E
Aug 15, 2006 04:04
Distance 9242km

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Stranger in a Strange Place

August 12th,

Wow!! I made it all, 20+ hours of traveling. This trip wasn't that bad..the worst part was leaving at Indy when I made some pretty stupid mistakes that completely stressed me and poor Andrea out..this included not realizing that I was flying into LaGuardia and had to get across New York to JFK for my flight to Athens. I kinda fell apart, but it didn't turn out to be a problem (there's a bus that runs between airports). After that the trip was fine, a little long though. I got like 3 or 4 hours of sleep on my overnight flight and was pretty exhausted from dragging my carry on all over...it must have weighed 20lbs.

But anyway, I made it with little incident to Crete the largest island in Greece. Below are some pics of my trip and area...(sorry about all of the scenery pictures, next time I'll take more of me and my new friends). While there are definitely cons of living here, I have to say I've never seen more beautiful water, skies, and old buildings (just like you said Trent).

 

(scroll all way down for pics, i had to # the descriptions-also additional info when click on pics)

(1) After a few hours of sleep on the plane, this was my first view of Greece after I lifted the shade:

 

(2) Here is my apartment, notice that the mess is mine:

(3) Here's Europe for you, electricity can only be turned on by using a small key from the key chain that unlocks the door. I'm not sure why, It's not like there's air conditioning.

 

(4) We get the room at a discounted rate, but others pay 50 euros ($65.50) a night and this is the kinda bathroom in our room...gotta love it!! And yes that tiny trash can is where all of the toilet paper is thrown--as in you don't flush it. I'm getting nervous because it's only Sunday and I don't think that the trash gets removed till Friday...good thing I packed incense..haha.

 

(5) But to make up for the bathroom this what is only a two minute walk away:

 

(6) A view of the city, Hania:

 

 

 

(7) My first night, with no nap we walked into town and explored.

Crete was heavily bombed during World War II, and left many ruins. The Greeks took some of these ruins and turned them into the most beautiful restaurants:

(8) This is the ceiling and walls of a restaurant in a ruins that we ate in:

(9) The next day our class of 9 was shown around the city and I saw Chania's beautiful harbor:

 

(10) These are my classmates:

(11) This is me and Mariah, it's a really bad picture of me but the only one I have:

 

That's all for now, I miss you all.

Photos / videos of "Stranger in a Strange Place":

my first view of greece from the plane my first view of greece from the plane my apartment, guess which bed is mine? my apartment-some of the luggage i lugged around--i brought way more stuff then everyone else. i kinda get made fun of being a newbie traveler... elctricity can only be turned on with a key this is my bathroom, see that square block-its my shower, apparently its pretty common this was on my second morning, my first real chance to relax and soak in Greece--only 2 min walk from my apartment a view of Hania, we walk this beach into town it's hard to see, but this is a beautiful restuarent set in a ruins this is the ceiling of a restuarent in a ruin that we ate at the first night this is part of the wall of the restaurent this is the most beautiful harbor, built by the Venetians in Hania some of my classmates walking along the harbor behind me and Moriah is the lighthouse, famous tourist attraction
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