Visiting Chania and the Samaria
Gorge in Greece with Savvy Mom Ruth Paget
My
husband Laurent and I visited the town of Chania on the Greek Island of Crete
on one of our Greek vacation days.
The
seafront at Chania is set up so you can walk along comfortably without
motorbikes or scooters zooming beside you.
We
went to the Historical Museum in Chania, which was very well documented in the
Greek language.
We
were the only tourists there. Most of
the museum was devoted to the Resistance Movement during World War II in
photos.
“That
was a great visit for not being able to read anything in Greek,” I said to
Laurent as we left.
He
laughed. We both wished we had a Greek
friend to translate for us. The same was
true when we went to the Maritime Museum.
Natural
wonders not cultural wonders were on our agenda the following day as we planned
to go to the Samaria Gorge.
I
was wearing heels and not hiking boots, so I kept slipping in the Gorge on the
way down.
I
went topside to a café and read while my husband Laurent continued down six
kilometers to the bottom of the Gorge.
I
read the Greek history book I bought while sipping lemon soda. When Laurent returned, he had some soda in
the air-conditioned café, too.
Our
last place to visit was the Monastery at Moni Prevelli, which was another
Resistance movement refuge during World War II.
We
toured the site and admired the mountain scenery before getting ready for our
flights to Athens and Paris the next day.
Our
beach holiday turned out to be cultural and educational as well as a much
needed rest from long hours at our Parisian jobs.
By
Ruth Paget, Author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
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