After a 60 mile sail from Kapsali we arrived in Crete with hopes of escaping more of the 40 knot Meltemi winds that were forecast back in Kapsali. Plus we were looking forward to exploring Greece's big island. So now we're tied to Chania's town "quay" (dock) just to the left of the lighthouse pictured in the top corner. Looking a the row of cafes behind us, we spotted a sign that made us wonder if we'd made a bad navigation error and were back in Florida!
They even got the "glitz" spot on.

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The swell from the north wind does wrap around the harbor mouth and rocks us to and fro but not so much that we haven't been off the boat each day to walk the waterfront, see the Naval museum and wander some of the narrow lanes a bit away from the deluge of summer weekend tourist traffic. In Splantzia, the former Turkish quarter, we found one of Hania's two remaining Minarets with a delightful lunch taverna nearby.

It's Monday morning and we've just fueled up and will soon be off to town to take care of some of life's ordinary tasks: food shopping, laundry, internet "top off" cards, possibly a haircut for Kath and a dive tank refill and see about getting a calmer berth for a few more days to safely leave the boat for a day's car rental.

Cruiser's Notes: diesel at the quay this AM, 1.55E/ltr, water 3E for 1000 ltrs and electricity for about 5E/day. The town quay is heaving with tourists and loud with music at night, but anchoring out is not an option with N wind. Spent arrival night in Kolimvari - good protection but no facilities - a sizeable resort town with INKA supermarket.