We have arrived for 3 days here on the ancient Venetian harbor of Chania. We are in a hotel for these 3 days, in a quiet space on the harbor. The Casa Leone. This house dates to the 15th century and had an amazing history, even used as a Nazi HQ during their occupation.
The story of the hotel is very interesting. I hope you can see some of the detail.
We walked a bit to get a feel for the old town this afternoon and stopped for a gyro plate before turning in tonight. The weather looks like it will remain windy and cold, 50 °, for the next few days. I hope we get a little more sun!
We bought a little Pastry to have with our coffee in the morning. They are beautiful here, and delicious. But they couldn’t top the hands made Baklava we had in Rethymno!.
More old town, walking around the fort and toward the inner harbor
One little side note, a serendipity, if you will, … today, Friday, we noticed many young American men, military age, and when several were eating in the same restaurant tonight, we asked. They are Navy, their ship is stationed off Crete.
Our last full day in Chania, we took a drive around the neighboring hills.
When we left Chania, headed back to Heraklion on Feb 9, we were able to see the USS Harry Truman, aircraft carrier, 75 which was in port in Souda bay. Our was moored across the bay from the highway along with the USS Jason Dunham. 109.
A few days later, on Feb 12, the Truman was involved in an accident at sea near Egypt. We had seen so many young American kids of the ship in Chania, I sure hope they are all ok and there were no injuries.
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