CRETE

This is the view of the mountains, olive trees and fields behind our resort in Episkopi, Crete.	A larger town 30 minutes away, Rethymno has fresh vegetables for sale.
The resort and "taverna" we stayed at for 6 days. If you want a great place to stay while on Crete...	A busy street in Rethymno, with shops on all sides.
A fresh fish market in Rethymno.	Some bakeries still bake using the old charcoal ovens.
Loukoumedes on the left.....a fried pastry with honey and nuts on top. Saligkaria (snails) on the right...these were actually very good!	We were stopped a few times in a couple of the small towns with herds of sheep blocking the roads.
Driving in Crete was an adventure! Driving regulations are more of a "guideline" rather than laws. Passing cars here is actually pretty easy, you do not have to wait for a passing lane, you can pass on double lines, and the other cars just move to the sides of the road so you can get through! We also learned that stop signs mean....if it is clear gun it or you will get run over.	These are stacks of pork on a spit. There are restaurants or "tavernas" are all over Greece with these. They carve off pieces of meat and put them into a Gyro with onions, tomatoes, tsaziki (cucumber-yogurt sauce) and french fries.
This is a view of the port of Rethymno.	Kavalos Lake near Episkopi is a natural lake formed from faulting that allows underground springs to come to the surface.