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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...

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 Posted on Contemplating Crete August 20, 2021 The day we visited the Agia Triada (Holy Trinity) Monastery it was...

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

By John Freedman June 13, 2021 The seaside village of Sissi is located in the northeast of Crete, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) west of...

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 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 July 5, 2020 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 11, 2021 The fortress standing atop a...

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 published elsewhere, March 9, 2020 Republished on Contemplating Crete April 9, 2021 Just a short while ago I...

by John Freedman Originally published elsewhere in a slightly different version April 3, 2020 Republished on Contemplating Crete April 9,...