Day 4 - Still too windy.... so time for some Archaeology
Frank
Yesterday’s decision that it was too windy to go sailing took some time, this morning John and I had made our decision within 5 minutes of waking up.
However the day has been a great success firstly we found an engineer who after much head scratching fixed the engine problem after tackling a few more maintenance tasks we headed off to Lato a Crete village dating back to 700 BC. When archaeological ruins inspires 3 teenagers you know they are special and these really blew me away.
On the way back we came across a restaurant that looked like a cross between a English café and someone’s front garden, I went into investigate and was taken into the kitchen to look at what was in the pot! Well I was sold, my sort of place, we had the most fantastic lunch for 15 euro all local produce, no menu and served by a mother and daughter team
Seems strange to think this is our last night on Gipsy Moth IV it has been a great week
Fran
Today it was to windy to go sailing, so we got up and started doing some chores on the boat. We had to take the floor out to get to the water pups to fill the up with water; we then scrubbed the floors boards before we put them back in. After this we drove to a place called Latto, on the way there the drive was so beautiful, there were loads of bright trees and the olive tree’s were especially nice, there were big mountains as well. Latto was a wonderful place, it was absolutely amazing, it’s a place right on the top of a mountain full of old rewinds from about 700BC. It was so beautiful and we got some great pictures. We then came back to the boat to get towels to go to the beach, before we got to the beach we got crêpes, I had white chocolate and strawberry. Then we went on to the beach and played football, volleyball, paddled and of course sunbathed. I think I have to say the highlight of the day for me was going to Latto. (and maybe the crepe.)
Rachel
Today we got up and the first thing we did after breakfast was sort out the water tanks which took around an hour as well as washing the boards that fit into the floor. We then went to a beautiful village called Latto, the different thing about this village is that it was all in ruins, this might have something to do with fact that it dates back to 700 BC. We went all the way up the to get to the village. It was absolutely the most amazing view I have seen in my life even though I am in fact terrified of heights. It was so interesting to see the remains of what used to be such a big and busy village. We made out what seamed to be a few houses, a dungeon, and lots of equipment for work, and most importantly where they got their food and water from. We saw lots of orange trees, olive trees, and lemon trees. We also saw some goats and lots of herbs and plants. We went for lunch at a little café off the road on the way back there was only one choice for dinner which made a nice change and we were the only ones there. We had meatballs and aubergines, and Greek salad. We came home and had a crepe and went on the beach where we played football.
Larvell
Today was a great sunny hot day, the wind was nice as the breeze cooled us down today we got up and went to ancient ruins on the hills of Crete the scenery was nice I took a few photos and then we went to a little café in a little village the food was nice especially the meat ball. After that we went to the beach and played a bit of football. Today has gone so fast but it was a cool day, we had a white chocolate crepe at a shop near the boat that was nice too.
 Photo Credit © Mark Lamble
Mark It's going to be a short one from me today - what with the diesel maintenance for beginners 'course' this morning and the bilge pump repairs this afternoon it's been a little busy round here. Still had time for an excursion to Lato and a Crepe with vanilla ice cream so it's not all bad !
Photo Credit © Mark Lamble
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