We have been enjoying every minute of our time in Heraklion. Our Rotary hosts took us to some very interesting places for our vocational visits: 2 radio studios, 1 TV station, 1 newspaper, a gorgeous banquet hall,large catering facility, a courthouse, and even a yoga studio.
Yesterday we explored the 'must-see' destination in this area: Knossos Palace. The oldest artifacts in Europe are here. That was followed by a trip to an archaelogical museum. The local Rotary club hosted a nice dinner for us and by the end of the night many were inviting us to stay in touch and connect on Facebook.
Today we are enjoying time in the 'downtown' area where Rotarians who own a salon are offering to style our hair. They have special chairs that massage the back while hair is being washed. A nice bit of pampering during a busy, tiring, but fabulous week.
More will be posted soon about the place where we are staying. It is a wonderful villa owned by a Rotarian who has made us feel so welcome.
Everyone here has worked hard to ensure that we are learning about this area's history, its current business operations, and its lovely, hospitable people.
We are sad to leave on a ferry tonight but look forward to visiting our next destination.
The villa looks beautiful that you stayed at. It sounds like your vocational visits were to some diverse places. It must have been interesting to contrast and compare to the US. Glad you are able to get some "sight seeing" in - the area is so rich in history. It sounds like your "big presentation" went well - would have loved to see the "Rocky run"! It is nice that you are making some new friends and connections.
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Not one, but TWO radio stations? You must have felt right at home! Did you go on air or record some promo spots for them?
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The website of that villa looked fabulous. It must have been great to stay there. I was a bit freaked out to see all the details were in Greek and I so wanted to read up on it. Fortunately I saw the link to turning the language to English.
ReplyDeleteOkay book us for a month next year!