Today was an awesome day, top to bottom. We got up a little later than usual (sometime around 9 AM) ate some cereal and did some writing for the webpage. Then we agreed we’d head into Hersonissos again for some lunch. We chose a place called Aohna (we think. It looks like that. See menu photo below). It was staffed by a really friendly guy that chatted with us a bit about Cretan weather, compared it to the states, and provided wonderful recommendations for lunch. Andrea had a wrapped pita gyros and I had lamb Kleftiko, and both were very good, probably the best food we’ve had. We took our time with lunch, enjoying the view of the sea, people watching, and occasionally chatting with the maitre’d. After we finished our main course, he recommended kataifi with ice cream, so we went for it. He’d mentioned the ice cream would balance the sweetness of the kataifi, which it did, beautifully. Kataifi is basically this bunch of super thin strands of sweet nectar of the Gods, wrapped around crushed walnuts. It resembles shredded wheat in the shape of a croissant. It was really good, and we really appreciated his kindness and attention. He brought us a plate of fresh fruit, and two more shots of Raki, our favorite. This time we drank them all the way down; it’s been a good day.
At this point we were extremely full. We were sure we’d never eat again. Positive.
We did some more window shopping and headed back to the internet cafe we’d originally used to email home. I (Matt) checked the Cubs results. I’d seen the 7 game winning streak (that was awesome), now I caught the 4 game losing streak (that was NOT awesome). We also took this opportunity to look at some websites we’d seen selling new construction on Crete (’cause we were curious). It really isn’t as expensive as we’d thought; you can get a pretty sweet villa on Crete for 100k-300k Euros. So we bought 2. One for us, and one for Toby man (he’s stinky).
While we were waiting for the bus back up to the resort, we got pulled into a conversation with two couples from the UK, also a first for this trip. They were engaging people, and we listened to a really poor story about Olympic Airlines timeshares in Greece. Needless to say, we will not be using Olympic for lodging in Greece (stick to the flights, we were told).
When we got back to Village Heights, we played mini golf. We tied, and each got a few holes-in-one. Andrea is a Tiger Woods-like mini golfer. We arranged for a cab to the airport in the morning, did our laundry, and watched what was left of X-Men. Returning the DVD to the front desk, a man driving up that way offered me (Matt) a lift on his golf cart (by Lamborghini, by the way. That’s no joke). He was a very friendly guy, and heartily congratulated me on our recent wedding. This was another first for this trip. It’s been a good day.
Andrea’s freckles are out in full force; they’re very cute.
matt & andrea 