Day 6 - Last Full Day in Crete

It's our last full day in Crete and we are already in bed! That's because tomorrow will come fast as my alarm clock is set for 3:15!! We need to be out the door by 4:15 in order to catch a taxi and be to the airport for our 6:55 flight! It's going to be a long day of traveling, but that happens!!

Today was a day of strike outs! We went to a cave that is supposed to be the most beautiful. After driving two and half hours.... we drove up to closed doors!! Bummer!! In the winter months, they are open only on the weekends! We wish they published this stuff somewhere! So, we drove another half hour to go to another cave. And strike number two! CLOSED!! The gate wasn't even unlocked for us to drive into the parking lot!! So much for seeing more caves today!

Instead we went to Rethymno to see a fortress. It was built right on the shoreline, above the rest of the city, to defend the city from the pirates. Jay really doesn't think it was pirates.... but it sounds cool to me!!! We walked up inside the fortress, walking along the wall. There wasn't much left to see, a church, mosque, and a little house. All locked up, so couldn't see in. But the fortress itself was pretty impressive!

After that we headed back, turned our rented car back in, took the bus back to our hotel, and then settled down for the night. We went to Goody's for supper. Ever heard of it?!? We thought hamburgers sounded pretty good. This place was amazing!! We each had a hamburger and cheese fries with bacon!! It totally hit the spot! We miss our good ol' American food!! We ended the night with an ice cream cone!

A good way to end our stay here in Crete!

Tomorrow... we should be back in Frankfurt in the afternoon and then are heading up to Belgium for three days. This was just planned a few days ago, but we thought we might as well use the time while we had it!  Besides not looking forward to the drastic weather change, we're excited to go view the bustling city of Brussels!!