Life is but a vapor!: June 2012, Souda Bay, Crete, Greece

Paul and I left around 3pm from Rota, Spain for a 3 hour trip to Sigonnella, Sicily, stopped got fuel, then another 1 1/2 hour trip to our destination, Souda Bay, Crete. We flew over on a govt commercial plane with about 60 seats with about 15 passengers, 2 retired and the rest, military.

C-40 military airplane

waiting to board

We had bought a 6" subway sandwich since no food is provided on the plane except to purchase sodas and candy bars.

It seemed like a quick flight, very smooth and non eventful.

enjoying 3 seats each

just about 15 on board

Leaving Rota, Spain

We had already booked a room at the Navy base for $60 a night so upon arriving at 10:00 pm, we couldn't get there soon enough. Both of us were certainly tired.

Slept in till 9:30 am, had lunch at the base restaurant, contracted for a car $20 a day,
visited the NEX Navy Exchange
for some breakfast items, did a
wash then headed by car to the
second largest town on Crete,
the town of Chania.

We had been to Crete before so the road were very familiar, visited the antique market in Old Town with memories of Floyd and Ann Gillespie being there last time with us.

Leather Street

Leather Street is a walking street with everything made of leather.....wallets, shoes, hats, purses, jewelry, clothes, etc.
Mostly we saw the same STUFF over and over. Didn't buy a thing!


So Many Shoes

We finished off the day with a delicious dinner at the Monastiri Restaurant, directly on the aqua water. There must have been at least 50 open air restaurants pleading for your business so it was really hard to choose. Fortunately this place was a recommendation. The sunset was RIGHT THERE, the heavenly breeze made it comfortable, the waiter attentive, the music set the scene and the meal was interesting. We each had a Greek salad with tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers,
onions, olives, and a delicious unknown cheese....no lettuce, with olive oil and vinegar. I had chicken kabobs called Souvlaki with french fries with a rice and vegetable side. Paul had about 5 meats, chicken, beef, pork and who knows what else with the same veges.