The CYA trip to Crete was an amazing time! We saw the most important archaeological sites, like Knossos and Mallia, but we had plenty of free time in various small towns to stop for coffee or lunch and in Heraklion where our hotel was.
Some of these photos are from Knossos, which was mostly interesting to see because it was reconstructed (and not many sites are reconstructed). The pictures I have of wall paintings are the originals, which we saw in the museum at Heraklion, but they were copied and placed on the site as well. Mallia wasn’t reconstructed, so I got to see both approaches to a site in a single morning. I still can’t decide how I feel about it. I wish they could leave the site as it is, but build a reconstruction somewhere else as a museum where they could offer the experience of being in the fully built (or as much as is possible to reconstruct) palace. Knossos was also really cool because there were so many peacocks!! I’ve decided they are real life mythical creatures.
These pictures aren’t very organized - they’re from Mallia, Knossos, the museum, a beachside town where we stopped for lunch and Heraklion. The last is from Heraklion, but it deserves some explanation. My friend Lily has a disposable camera that she saves for only select pictures. We were at this bench and looking to use it for a picture so she suggested we lie upside down on the bench. These tourists in the picture were at the same spot taking pictures, LOVED the idea, took our picture doing it, came over and forced me to sit up to see how great of a picture it was on their camera, then insisted on taking the same photo themselves. So that’s how I have this picture!
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