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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 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...

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 June 23, 2019 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 11, 2021 Today the Crete beach watch...

by John Freedman Originally posted elsewhere March 18, 2020 Reposted on Contemplating Crete April 10, 2021 Virtually everyone reading...

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 Feb 10, 2020 Republished on Contemplating Crete April 9, 2021 Street art or graffiti....

By John Freedman Originally published elsewhere Spring 2021 Republished on Contemplating Crete April 9, 2021 The Cretan village of...