One of the garden areas in the hotel, Appollonia Beach, which is like a lot of the resort hotels in the Caribbean, in fact, most people here are on an all inclusive package (we�re not), with Germans being the largest group. The hotel has a large buffet for breakfast and dinner, plus 3 a al carte restaurants which are OK, but no competition to Step�N Out! Portion size control has not hit Crete and the waiters bring you appetizers and desserts even if you don�t order them, they just don�t charge you for them! The white stuff on the table is the Cretan equivalent of skimmed milk (of course it�s ouzo!)

Jane getting manipulated into buying a crochet belt in the village of Fodele, birthplace of the renaissance painter, El Greco. We did get two free very nice oranges from the local orchards out of the deal

Another view of the main street of Fodele, a pretty place even if filled with aging crones who in the marketing world make Donald Trump look like a well meaning kindergarten teacher! ||

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