Friday, July 1--On to Crete

With lots of advice from our two friends on the desk at the hotel, we decided to take the subway to the airport and it went really well. We were able to store one bag at the hotel, so each had a wheelie bag and a backpack--oh and Hal's boogie board. We arrived at Heraklion airport and took a cab to the resort, which turned out to be a good distance away, about a 40 minute ride. Our cab driver, it turns out, also owned olive trees on the island in addition to his taxi so didn't really care much about the proposed changes for government workers. Seems lots of people outside the cities didn't care that much about all the uproar. We drove toward the town of Hersonissos but turned away from the coast and into the hills. Not much else was in the vicinity. There was bus service from the resort to the town, but we decided to just hang out and explore the resort. Nice room with a deck and a bit of a view of the Mediterranean. Called Di & Brian and arranged to meet the following day. They were planning to get a rental car and would drive up to meet us.