We visited one villages (Margarites), one city (Rethymno), and two ruined sites (Aptera and Eleftherna) in Rethymno prefecture. I've collected all the pictures here, 'cause I was going mad trying to show the four locations on the homepage map.
The best possible images of Rethymno
Master potter Kavgalakis adds another ribbon of clay to a pithos he's making.
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A twisty tree near the ruined fortress of Eleftherna
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The view from Aptera wasn't bad.
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Sheep wisely scattering ahead of the tour bus. They were happily milling
on the road until the driver demonstrated the bus could turn them into mutton.
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The interior courtyard of the monastery at Aptera reminded me of the Alamo.
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I thought the texture of the field of fallen columns was neat.
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A millstone, the only useful thing in the villa that wasn't carted away.
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The rest of the pictures here are from the Margarites and Eleftherna. We also visited Aptera and the Venetian fortress of Fortezza in Rethymno.
