crete + sunset — i keep a diary

Prettier! After Grant gave up on trying to catch a peacock (we were actually rooting for him - we figured if he actually did manage to catch one, we'd be able to get some great shots of him getting the living shit pecked out of him), we hopped in the car and drove westward back to Rethymnon.

european vacation part 12: knossos ruins.

October 27, 2003

driving ↗+

The nearby village at dusk.

european vacation part 11: caves of matala.

October 26, 2003

The beginning of sunset.

european vacation part 11: caves of matala.

October 26, 2003

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Sunset on the strip. We ended up grabbing gyro sandwiches at some tiny, outdoor snack shop right down the street from our place. Our cute waitress, Ludmilla, was Kazakhstani and when she found out we were from New York City, started telling us about how she lived in the New York City area for 18 months as an au pair but after getting transferred to like 5 or 6 different households, her visa application was denied and she had to go back to Kazakhstan.

We asked her to elaborate and she launched into all these totally crazy stories about husbands falling in love with her, kids lying about her beating them, etc. Seriously, if you can think of any bad thing that a nanny can do, she was pretty much accused of doing it. At first we were sympathetic, but by after the 4th or 5th story (each that was delivered as she made visits to our table checking up on us) we decided that there was no way so much bad luck could befall one person in such a short period of time, quickly paid our check and got the hell away from (the girl we'd since nicknamed) "The Babyshaker" as quickly as we could.

european vacation part 7: first day in crete!.

October 24, 2003