It started with a good sign. When we unpacked at Villa Eleana, I found a paperback copy of Anna Karenina* on the bookshelf. One of its 864 pages was ear marked. Just one page. Since I have already started reading Anna Karenina in my iPad - I was amazed to see that the bookmarked page was the exact page I was just reading. What a coincidence! The page describes the rural life of Constantin Levin, one of the main characters. Rural life - we had plenty of it in Crete.
This was indeed a great summer vacation: the accommodation was great, we enjoyed nice mountain view, private swimming pool, comfortable facilities and nearby attractions, such as Plakias with its beautiful beaches and Rethymnon, about which I will elaborate further.
Most of the time we cooked our meals out of fresh local ingredients. The yard's barbecue was very busy, so were the kitchen's stove and oven.
We made a few excursions:
Plakias, a nearby seaside village with nice beaches, which turned out to be quite windy. But the scenery in the short road between Agouseliana and Plakias, passing through a beautiful canyon - was worth it.
Rethymno, the nearest city was somehow disappointing. Maybe because both our visits there were in a hot weather, which didn't make any desire to walk and explore, and tourist bates are far from being our cup of iced tea.
One day excursion to Acqua Plus water park - east of Iraklion, about 2.5 hours drive from Villa Elana - an awesome water park with every imaginable water slide. Later that day we visited Crete Aquarium, again, a great attraction for young and adults.
It happened that the village's school is near the villa. And what seemed to be an unfinished football yard, covered with gravel, is not at all a football yard. We found some very interesting patterns on this yard. Our unproven assumption was, that this must be a landing pad for aliens.
Plakias, a nearby seaside village with nice beaches, which turned out to be quite windy. But the scenery in the short road between Agouseliana and Plakias, passing through a beautiful canyon - was worth it.
Rethymno, the nearest city was somehow disappointing. Maybe because both our visits there were in a hot weather, which didn't make any desire to walk and explore, and tourist bates are far from being our cup of iced tea.
One day excursion to Acqua Plus water park - east of Iraklion, about 2.5 hours drive from Villa Elana - an awesome water park with every imaginable water slide. Later that day we visited Crete Aquarium, again, a great attraction for young and adults.
It happened that the village's school is near the villa. And what seemed to be an unfinished football yard, covered with gravel, is not at all a football yard. We found some very interesting patterns on this yard. Our unproven assumption was, that this must be a landing pad for aliens.
* - It was actually Anna Karenin - in this edition, translated by Rosemary Edmonds - the translator insisted on unisex Russian family names, Karenin, instead of Karenina.
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