“For some reason I recall New York Mayor John Lindsay telling a television interviewer back in the 1960s that he was thinking of giving up politics to join some hippies living in the caves in Crete. That seemed like such a revolutionary idea for a politician that it’s always stuck with Read more
Want some comparatively easy MedTrekking amid the usually savage landscape and rocky Mediterranean seaside in southwestern Crete?
Then hike down the Samaria Gorge, the local equivalent of the Grand Canyon and one of the most-visited tourist sites on Greece’s largest island, and then follow the blazed E4 hiking trail that runs north Read more
It’s any port in a storm when Zeus, the god of thunder who was born in a Cretan cave and is entombed in a mountain on this sprawling Mediterranean island, unleashes a couple days of striking lightning, cracking thunder and driving rain. The king of gods was obviously irritated about something Read more
The Idiot was asked by local officials to photograph and judge this weekend’s 60-kilometer long Easter parade between Skepasti and Georgioupolis in northwestern Crete. Municipal authorities insisted “your unbiased eye and independent voice are required to maintain the credibility of our highly regarded Easter pageant.”
Here are the winners and losers in Read more
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