This first day in Crete was really hard. The ferry landed at 6am and we had stayed up for most of the night on the boat, because sleeping wasn't really an option. We dropped off our luggage at the Lato hotel and started walking to the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion. The museum was under construction, so there was only one room open, but it did have a lot of good things in it.
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| Phaistos Disc--I've had one on a necklace for as long as I can remember |
From the museum we went to the Palace of Knossos. Which, originally I was uber exciter about, but it ended up being the most "touristy" out of all our destinations in Greece. There were lines for the throne room, and the utter chaos of people everywhere really took away from the archaeological site; that and what Arthur Evans did to it...
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| Paint By Numbers With Arthur Evans |
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| The Throne Room With A Line Like Disneyland |
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| More Paint By Numbers With Arthur Evans |
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| The building itself is rather Labyrinth-like, with multiple levels and many rooms. |
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| A really really old theatre at Knossos |
After Knossos, we went in to the village of Archanes for lunch. Then to the Peza co-op. Where they had wine and olive oil tasting for us.
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| Heraklion is Cool!! |
Then it was back to Heraklion for dinner and evening shenanigans.
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