Quote of the Day from the guys we met on the ferry

"Are there many lakes in LA?" (Vangelis)

"No why?" US

"Well why are they called the LA Lakers then?" (Vangelis)

Other quote of the day courtesy of Chelsea

"Isn't Crete like the first place or something???"

AHHH CRETEEEE IS AMAZING!!!!!

I think this is by far my favorite place that we've been to yet, it is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!

Ferry ride over to crete, however was not as amazing and wonderful. haha. Naturally Chelsea and I had to by the cheapest ticket (30 euros) for an overnight ferry. This proved to secure us two solidly built wooden benches on the top deck (not enclosed) haha. That was an interesting night. First of all the ferry was huge! Chelsea and I were really excited to be on a ferry, making the time pass fairly fast. WE even made friends!!! We were situated right in front of a group of guys, and eventually we ended up talking to them for hours. They happened to be policemen in Athens and were going to Crete for holidays (did I mention all Greek policemen are extremely attractive and young? haha) Anyways we hung out with them and then had a restless cold and very uncomfortable two hours of sleep. haha O and my mother warned me of the rift raft on the top deck.....haha me and chelsea were the RIFF RAFF. . We landed in the town of Chania at about 6:30 in the morning with absolutely NO plans. Haha we departed off the ferry, said goodbye to our new friends, and then just kind of stood around with absolutely no idea about what we should do. WE had looked up a couple of hostels before and decided our best bet would be to try the one in Rethymnon (a name I find extremely difficult to pronounce).

We took an hour long busride through this absolutely gorgeous island and made it to Rethymnon. WE got off the bus and it literally took us like an hour to find the hostel. Luckily they had plenty of room and were happy to let us stay. The hostel is really cute and in a really convenient location. It kind of looks like a jungle Bungalow and we are sleeping in mixed rooms (dont freak out mom!). So after checking in we slept for like 5 hours and then headed down to the beach with three other people from our hostel. The water was sooo calm and warm as bath water, it was absolutely wonderful and just what we needed to feel rejuvenated. The city of Rethymnon is soooo cute it runs along the beach and is basically this cute little cobblestoned picturesque looking place. So after the beach we decided we deserved at least one real meal (my dinner the previous night had been cookies and sprite) so I ordered spaghettie carbonera and chelsea ordered a club sandwich. I was soooo starving that I was the first to finish!!! Becase we are Americans the waiter thought that it was absolutely necessary to treat us to several free shots, haha of course we couldn't refuse. After dinner we got Gelato and then got ready and headed down to a local disco club called Metropolis, they played the best music and we danced our hearts away for the entire night!!!!

Today we decided to take a day trip into Iraklio and went and saw the temple of Knossos. It was really interesting and managed to captivate our interest for approximately one hour. haha It really was cool and we heard that it is one of the better preserved Palaces around that we could visit. There were reconstructed frescoes everywhere and luckily there weren't very many tourists! Now we are back, and we are going to make our dinner with some eggs and cheese and rice that we bought at the market. Tomorrow we plan on doing a 5 hour hike through the Samaria Gorge!!! AHHHH i'm sooooo excited! It is supposed to be amazing and it is the longest Gorge in Europe.

HOPE ALL IS WELL

LOVE YOUUUUUU

Jessie

P.S. All my friends on the Island of Evia we miss youuuuuuu sooo much!!! and talk about you all the time to everyone we meet!