Just so you don't miss too much of our trip we finished up our time in Athens and walked many a mile. We had dinner near the Acropolis one night and watched a portion of a film being made. They moved all of the tables out of the restaurant as we finished dinner. We just moved towards the corner (outside) a little and tried to be patient. The lighting guys spent a lot of time checking shadows and moving lights and fixing glitches, sometimes covering the light with opaque or sometimes translucent paper. Then the hairdresser comes along and sprays water on these musicians to make it look like they were sweating - wet hair and wet shirts. Then they take two cuts of a scene miming a song that was playing quite quietly - compared to what will be in the real thing. Then the crowd scene. So many people being managed and following directions - from various people - all quite interesting to watch. But we too gave up in the end and left - at about midnight. So we are managing to keep quite late nights!
We caught the tram and metro to the ferry and managed to get a glimpse of the Olympic Stadium for the '04 games - all right next to the beautiful beaches of Athens. Another city with spectacular beaches!
We had a great lunch in a workmen's kind of taverna. They spoke no English and eventually some gentleman sort of encouraged us with his English. We do enjoy these down to earth experiences. Then onto the ferry which are pretty nice ferries - like a cruise ship but scaled down a few notches - and no real food.
Visited Knossos while in Heraklion, the beginning of civilization. Anyways, big and Clive was impressed more than I was.
Then on down the coast to Rhythmno and now Plakias. We love it here - very laid back, not busy, beautiful beaches - some sandy and amazing cliffs. Had a great hike around the headland today. We are still enjoying relaxing over meals and a drink.
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