The ship docked in Heraklion in Crete this morning, we went out on deck to watch the sun rise as we were awake so early, Andrew hasn't even got a hangover! We left our hand luggage in the library after breakfast and found a taxi to go and explore. Our driver was very friendly and took us on a tour pointing out all the local scenery, we stopped at a lovely little church, then went on to Knossos. We had a coffee at the cafe, then had a long walk around Knossos, it was more ruined than I'd expected, but very lovely. We sat on the thrones and took photo's of each other. I have wanted to come here for years and left reluctantly again as we had to be back at the ship by 11am to be transferred to the airport.

We booked in and bought some Metaxa Grande Imperial, then sat looking at the turquoise sea glittering in the sun, half wishing that we'd just arrived. Our flight back took four hours, we found the car and drove home in time to pick up a curry for dinner. A pretty good end to the loveliest {and busiest} holiday that I have ever had.

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