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Ancient Gortyn
By John Freedman Posted January 19, 2022 Still another of the Cretan cities mentioned by Homer (could there be any greater claim to...
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John Freedman
Dec 1, 20215 min read
The Secret of Knossos?
By John Freedman Posted to Contemplating Crete December 1, 2021 Knossos, Crete's most distinguished tourist attraction, is surely doomed...
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John Freedman
Nov 10, 20214 min read
Elafonisi, the pink sand beach
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...
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John Freedman
Oct 11, 20213 min read
Pachia Ammos beach, Akrotiri, Chania
Pachia Ammos is a divine stretch of beach just around the rocky bend from the famed beach at Stavros bay (for the uninitiated, the...
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John Freedman
Aug 20, 20214 min read
Agia Triada Monastery
By John Freedman Posted on Contemplating Crete August 20, 2021 The day we visited the Agia Triada (Holy Trinity) Monastery it was...
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John Freedman
Aug 2, 20214 min read
The Old Sabbionara Wall, Chania
By John Freedman Posted on Contemplating Crete August 2, 2021 I have written previously in this space about the Sabbionara, or Mocenigo...
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John Freedman
Jun 2, 20214 min read
Tris Ekklisies
By John Freedman June 2, 2021 Tris Ekklisies is a place, a description and a dream. As a location this little village stuck snuggly...
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John Freedman
May 19, 20213 min read
Stavros Bay
May 19, 2021 By John Freedman Stavros (pronounced stav-ROS) is a little village on the northwest end of the Akrotiri peninsula about a...
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John Freedman
Apr 13, 20214 min read
ROCK QUARRY AT STAVROS
By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere October 31, 2020 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 13, 2021 I don’t know how much the...
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John Freedman
Apr 13, 20213 min read
ANCIENT XEROKAMBOS (AMBELOS)
By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere August 13, 2020 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 13, 2021 Crete is stunningly beautiful...
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John Freedman
Apr 12, 20212 min read
LATE MINOAN NECROPOLIS, ARMENOI
By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere August 22, 2019 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 12, 2021 How far are we from the...
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John Freedman
Apr 12, 20212 min read
ITANOS
By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere July 13, 2019 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 12, 2021 Located just a few minutes’...
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John Freedman
Apr 11, 20212 min read
THE PALACE AT PHAISTOS
By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere June 7, 2019 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 11, 2021 There are four Minoan palaces on...
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John Freedman
Apr 11, 20213 min read
ANCIENT PHALASARNA
By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere July 28, 2019 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 11, 2021 Crete has made me wish I had...
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John Freedman
Apr 11, 20212 min read
VAI BEACH
By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere August 14, 2019 Reposted to Contemplating Crete April 11, 2021 Crete is not a tropical...
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John Freedman
Apr 11, 20212 min read
GREEK THEATER AT APTERA
By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere June 17, 2019 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 11, 2021 One year ago this marvelous old...
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John Freedman
Apr 11, 20213 min read
FORT AT CHARAKAS
By John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere July 5, 2020 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 11, 2021 The fortress standing atop a...
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John Freedman
Apr 11, 20213 min read
KYDONIA/CHANIA
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...
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John Freedman
Apr 10, 20212 min read
SABBIONARA (MOCENIGO) BASTION, CHANIA
by John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere September 10, 2019 Edited and reposted with new photos April 10, 2021 The Sabbionara bastion...
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John Freedman
Apr 10, 20211 min read
EDWARD LEAR & THE WHITE MOUNTAINS
by John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere May 25, 2019 Edited and reposted on Contemplating Crete April 10, 2021 Edward Lear, the...
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