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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 to Contemplating Crete November 19, 2021 I took it as a good sign when I went out with my camera early last...

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...

By John Freedman Posted on Contemplating Crete August 2, 2021 I have written previously in this space about the Sabbionara, or Mocenigo...

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 April 24, 2021 Nothing spectacular today, but plenty that is wonderful. Chania is preparing to reopen to the world. You...

By John Freedman Written March 6, 2021, never properly posted Reposted April 13, 2021 Aside from the Sabbionara, this general area in old...

By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere February 14, 2021 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 13, 2021 We are approaching the 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 June 23, 2020 Reposted April 11, 2021 It is said we will never see the remains of what might...

By John Freedman Posted previously on another site May 22, 2020 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 11, 2021 Greece is preparing to...

By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere May 15, 2020 Reposted with additions on Contemplating Crete April 11, 2021 There is a lot of...

by John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere May 4, 2020 Reposted with intro on Contemplating Crete April 10, 2021 [2021 Intro: How...

By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere April 8, 2020 Reposted with new photos on Contemplating Crete April 10, 2021 It’s not quite...

by John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere September 10, 2019 Edited and reposted with new photos April 10, 2021 The Sabbionara bastion...

by John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere May 27, 2019 Reposted with new photos on Contemplating Crete April 10, 2021 They aren’t much...

by John Freedman Originally posted Feb 6, 2020 Reposted on Contemplating Crete with different photos April 10, 2021 I have never seen...

by John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere May 25, 2019 Edited and reposted on Contemplating Crete April 10, 2021 Edward Lear, the...

by John Freedman Originally published elsewhere March 30, 2020 Republished on Contemplating Crete April 10, 2021 I have been a good...

by John Freedman Originally published elsewhere Feb. 20, 2020 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 10, 2021 Today I look at one of...