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This morning I walked the walls of old town Dubrovnik. Lots of people do this. You buy a ticket for about $15 and then you get to walk completely around the old city on the path at the top of the wall. There are lots of steps but the views are good. The walk is…

This morning it’s raining lightly. The clouds are low enough that the mountains are obscured. If I had taken the cable car today instead of yesterday there would be no view of the city from the top or even halfway up the mountain. Walked to the Bascarsija area. That’s the bazaar and where the video…

Last shots in Fira. I’m leaving this evening. Two days here is enough. Santorini is expensive and crowded with tourists. Of course, I’m a tourist so I guess I’m part of the problem. I think the story with the locks is that couples put them on to lock their dislike for each other to Santorini.…

Took a ferry from Heraklion, Crete to the island of Santorini about 30 miles north. It took two hours and I had a great front window seat. I’ve arrived too early to check in but I can sit by the pool and I can take a walk to kill time until the 3 PM check…

Today, a taxi driver I met yesterday drove me to the south coast of Crete about 60-70 miles south of Heraklion. The driver’s name is George. I couldn’t find a bus that had a route where I wanted to go and since George offered the service yesterday, I called him this morning. I wanted to…

Visited the ancient Minoan site of Knossos near Heraklion. There was a great palace here about 2000 BC and later. There’s been some restoration. This is the most visited site on Crete for good reason. Went to the old fort on the sea. It’s called Koules Fortress and it has very stout walls. It was…

Flew from Athens to Heraklion, Crete early this afternoon. Flight was about 40 minutes. Taking a ferry would have taken at least 8 hours. Crete is Greece’s largest island and where the Greek god Zeus, the head honcho, was said to have been born. Visited the Heraklion Archeological Museum which features stuff from the Minoan…