The Isle of Crete

We took a high speed ferry from Santorini to Crete for the last leg of our journey.

Cretians introduced a new style of driving to us.  Their main travel lane, is the breakdown lane.

We drove along the beautiful coast from Heraklion to Chaina, the old Venetian harbor.

Here we wandered from shop to Gelato stand enjoying the same 75 degree weather we had for most of our vacation.

Crete is know for it's olive oil, so we made sure to pick up a high end bottle, and a beautiful wine stand made of olive wood.

We loved this open air restaurant in a restored soap factory in the old Jewish Quarter.

Jesse stuck with his favorite Greece food, Souvlaki, while I ventured to try the Mousaka, which was delicious!

Jesse read in his guide book that occasionally, restaurants may offer you the classic Greek after dinner drink, Raki, on the house.  He was excited to finally be offered his first bottle.

News reports, of a volcanic eruption in Iceland were merely background noise as we packed for our journey home.  Our vacation was a success, we were relaxed and happy with a nice spring tan as we boarded our Aegean flight for London, but we were ready to return to normal UK life.  We both agreed that this was one of our best trips!