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By John Freedman Posted January 19, 2022 Still another of the Cretan cities mentioned by Homer (could there be any greater claim to fame?), Gortyn - or the ruins that we have access to now - is a tantalizing place. Its history goes way back, as there is evidence of people living there as early as 7,000 BC. There is also evidence of the Minoans having been or lived here, although there is apparently no proof of any great local Minoan civilization as there is at Phaistos, Knoss

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

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 July 28, 2019 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 11, 2021 Crete has made me wish I had gone into archaeology way back in the dark ages of my own life. I live in a city (Chania) where we walk on the buried remains of the great city-state of Kydonia, most of the time knowing nothing about it. This makes it all the more satisfying that there are myriads of ancient Cretan cities we can travel to in modern vehicles and walk the old s