On top of the world...

Good morning from Greece! It is seriously windy here, feels like a massive storm is brewing but it is still 39 degrees! 

Yesterday we took things easy, swam in the pool, walked to the local beach (which we now know is in fact a nudist beach - weyhey!), and went into town for a beer last night. There was a group of Cretan children and one over enthusiastic and reckless dad setting fireworks off on the beach. They were going everywhere and us Brits, who grow up with serious fire safety messages about fireworks were in shock but the Greeks didn't bat an eyelid. No health and safety at all (they could do with you out here uncle Rog, you'd sort 'em out!)

The day before that we decided to drive up and over the mountains to get to Sitea on the north west coast. On the way we stopped at Prasisos, the remains of an ancient settlement. It was terrifying driving to it as all that was between us and a hideous drop down the mountainside was a very flimsy fence. When we got there, there wasn't much to see, but it is one of the most important sites on the island as the settlement was the last enclave of the Eteocretan ('true Cretan') descendants of the Minoans. The view was spectacular though - wow!

Then we headed into Sitea for the afternoon, which is an interesting town - we had a nice stroll through the old town, watched the little shiny fish swimming around the harbour and ate some dinner by the sea but we found out that the whole of the town closes between 3 and 6pm for a mass siesta and there was nobody about apart from some cats who seemed to take a shine to Sunny!

That's all for now folks - apparently it's football day for the lads today and they're off to town to watch a few matches...I'll take my book!