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Saganaki prawns
We did go back for another helping of the saganaki prawns – too good to miss.
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Having a wild thyme
Sorry, couldn’t resist a dreadful pun. On the island of Crete, wild thyme seems to grow in profusion on the sunny, rocky hill sides everywhere we walk. It smells amazing, and it’s used a lot in local cuisine (as is rosemary). We have found a little place that uses it in a prawn saganaki with…
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Greetings from Crete
We arrived in Crete very late and very weary on Friday night. Had a few delays, but nothing that really mattered. Went for a walk yesterday to blow out the cobwebs – amazing coastline! Sore calves today (must get fitter).
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Birthday Bonus
Our flight to Zurich leaves Sydney at 9:15pm on Thursday, and it’s Shelley’s Birthday on Friday (we celebrated earlier this month, as you can see from the photo). A quirk of crossing date lines and time zones is that this Birthday will actually last 31 hours! Bonus!!
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Welcome to our Travel Blog!
Only 10 days until we leave on our holiday. This time, we are planning to do the unthinkable – disconnect from technology (as much as we can)! So, our mobile phones will be switched off until we get home on 17th August and we will only be checking emails … well, possibly never! So that…