Locusts, night swimming - and James Bond in Crete...?

Ahhh, another lovely couple of days in Crete. Our friend Sunny has come to stay with us for a week so yesterday we set off to pick him up from the airport. He wasn't due to land until 9pm so we stopped off at Agios Nikolaos for the day to check the place out. It was pretty nice, we strolled around the harbour, had some lunch, lost the car, found the car again, saw a massive ferry and a pretty little cove and then went to pick the lad up from Heraklion airport. One thing made me angry though - they have at least 3 fur shops in the town. FUR SHOPS? I mean, come on, it's a ridiculous concept anyway but even more ridiculous as the temperature was 43 degrees! I don't get it, but there you go...

Anyway we picked Sunny up, headed back into Ag Nik for some tea and then drove to Makrigialos where we're staying.

Today we went to the beach, went shopping, Sunny cooked us some lovely grub and then we went night swimming in the pool by the light of the moon - it was lovely!

So here are a few photos from the past few days...

This guy has started showing up on our doorstep and I'm really not sure about him. He kind of jumps and flaps about a bit which is pretty unnerving as he's about four-blimmin-inches big. Hmmm...

 Oh, and look Mary mouse, some apartments just for you!

 This was an amazing mosaic in Ag Nik - it was so intricate, such tiny little pieces...

 And a rather lovely flower:

 Oh, and the view of Ag Nik's 'bottomless lake'! Pretty, eh?

 Here I am:

 Ahhh, some sunlight glinting off the water...

 Now then, if this doesn't make you want to rush out and buy some Lemon Fanta then there must be something wrong with you! He makes a good model, the lad.

 And look, it's 'the Matt with the golden gun'...bye for now folks! xx