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By John Freedman Posted February 6, 2021 We have had some wild weather on Crete over the last month or so. Crazy winds, driving,...

By John Freedman Posted on Contemplating Crete November 10, 2021 This time of year the clouds roll in over Crete and, on more than an...

Pachia Ammos is a divine stretch of beach just around the rocky bend from the famed beach at Stavros bay (for the uninitiated, the...

By John Freedman June 4, 2021 I try not to let others speak for me too often. But there are times when that is the best way to cut right...

By John Freedman June 2, 2021 Tris Ekklisies is a place, a description and a dream. As a location this little village stuck snuggly...

May 19, 2021 By John Freedman Stavros (pronounced stav-ROS) is a little village on the northwest end of the Akrotiri peninsula about a...

May 17, 2021 John Freedman Paradise in the midst of civilization. That is - or, if I may - such are the beaches at Agioi Apostoloi. One...

By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere January 3, 2021 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 13, 2021 I have written numerous times...

By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere October 31, 2020 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 13, 2021 I don’t know how much the...

By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere August 19, 2020 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 13, 2021 Kato Zakros, located on the...

By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere January 16, 2020 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 13, 2021 It’s winter in Crete, the...

By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere August 18, 2019 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 13, 2021 Almyrida is a picturesque...

By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere June 20, 2019 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 13, 2021 Agios Nikolaos is a true gem...

By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere January 6, 2020 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 13, 2021 Chances are you will rarely...

By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere January 5, 2020 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 12, 2021 This is the second of a...

By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere January 4, 2020 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 12, 2021 As the unseasonably late...

By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere September 5, 2019 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 12, 2021 The whole topic of the...

By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere July 4, 2019 Posted anew on Contemplating Crete. Oh, boy. Sougia! Another small Cretan...

By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere July 13, 2019 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 12, 2021 Located just a few minutes’...

By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere August 25, 2019 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 11, 2021 The beach in the town of...