by John Flawith | Feb 29, 2020 | Blog, Things to do
Quite symbolic: Cretans riding the waves of life! Its Carnival time in Crete! We didn’t even know of these celebrations before we moved here, and it was a great surprise to enjoy Cretan carnivals! Its one of the traditions anchored in antiquity, but as so...
by John Flawith | Feb 17, 2020 | Blog, Food & Drink
This is from the 2020 wine fair in Platanias, near Chania. Wines of Crete organise this event every year and its a great experience. Its a great place to try out Cretan wines. At last, a good Cretan sparkling wine! Douloufakis Champagne First of all, at last a...
by John Flawith | Feb 17, 2020 | Blog, Food & Drink
We are just back from the 2020 wine fair in Platanias, near Chania. We are so excited by the additions to our wine list that we just had to write about them! We’ve not even finished constructing the list! But here are some new finds that we are certain to...
by John Flawith | Jan 27, 2020 | Blog, Walks
The Mili gorge is about an hour away from Panokosmos, south of Rethymnon and makes a great day out. Our Mili gorge adventure takes place in January and there was plenty of evidence of Mother Nature! We tried it in January 2020, during a dry day, and found a...
by John Flawith | Dec 31, 2019 | Blog, Things to do
We got sort of caught up by the Chania Santa run for charity. We were staying for a Christmas break in the lovely Kydon hotel in central Chania. Its got a great view from the 5th floor over the town. Our room overlooked the giant Christmas tree in front of the...
