Heraklion Efforts
After a lunch and afternoon in Rethymno, we reunited with Sujay and Kelly who had done some of their own exploring of the Greek islands before coming to Heraklion to visit the rest of Crete. After settling into our lodgings at a second floor...
Dance to the Rethymno of the Night
On our 3rd day in Crete, we packed up our things and drove out east to Rethymno, a charming resort city between Chania and Heraklion. Like many other cities on Crete, Rethymno was founded by the Minoans and was then occupied by the Romans, the...
En-Chania-ted
This morning I wake up after a week of raging on the sea with The Yacht Week with 40+ other monsooners. Our biggest monsoon ever now sadly behind us. I want to cry. And I want to rest. And with my first every music...
The Yacht Week Greece Day 6 – Staying Hydra-ted Until the End
Once again and for the very last time this weekend, most of us skipped the morning workout (today was a sunrise run) before being woken up to board a water taxi at the last minute. With all the partying the past week we had forgotten that we signed up for an optional...
The Yacht Week Greece Day 5 – M-“Ermioni” Mo’ Problems
This morning as most again once slept through the morning's activities including a swim and guided meditation, Megan finally prepared for us her legendary bagels. At 8am we then raised our anchors and set sail for Ermioni. While along the way we...
The Yacht Week Greece Day 4 – Dokos Chasin’ Waterfalls
Is that an iceberg right ahead? No, it's a monsoon. After partying far too late last night at Malibu, many of us had struggled to get up this morning in time for Regatta. However, rumor has it that a select few were still brave enough to make it...
The Yacht Week Greece Day 3 – Our Poros Thirst
After more than 24 hours on sea, we returned to land and docked on the island of Poros at 9am in the morning. We then enjoyed a free morning including walks along Poros' scenic waterfront eating pita gyros and spanakopita, refreshing ourselves...
The Yacht Week Greece Day 2 – Tunneling the Saronic Gulf
Setting sail for 3 hours the morning after our first party, we woke up to these breakfast spreads at 10am: Admiring my 4 yacht tandem; we have enough for a tunnel raft of our own at this point! After breakfast, we anchored for our...