Monday, April 26, 2010

Exploring Crete



We set out early in the morning for a drive in our fun little Panda toward Crete’s southern shoreline. Armed with hand drawn maps by our hosts Juliet and Dave, we were ready for adventure. We drove through beautiful gorges on our way to an ancient town. We explored red mud ruins along dusty goat paths.
As we headed out from the ruins, amongst the fields of tomato vines we spied piles and piles of bright red tomatoes gleaming in the sunlight. Not ones for waste, but concerned about possible consequences, we gingerly collected shirtfuls of plump tomatoes to bring back to the “homestead” (for the next three days we had many kinds of tomato dishes- thanks to Juliet’s creativity in the kitchen).

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