We have been in love with Crete since many years. Now we had the chance to fulfill a dream at a location, that found us. Live and experience Crete. Here we have our second home.
First it was the landscape, the sea with all the mountains in the background and the fertile Messara plains with it’s many olives, oranges and lemons, in addition to so much sun, that fascinated us. Actually, in fact, it’s because of the people with all their openness and hospitality, that gave us the feeling of beeing welcome, beeing at home.
You need your own openness, to get engaged with Crete and it’s people, to live their way of living. This you don’t get in all the tourist hotspots, not in Knossos, Elafonisi or Preveli. (Locations, that are worth to be visited.)
You experience a bit of everyday life in the back country, e.g. at the markets in Tymbaki or Mires. One buys and sells, fruits and vegetables, fish, chicken, clothes, . . . You meet each other for a souvlaki or a coffee . . .
In spite of all the activity one can feel, that life isn’t hectic. It is not 200% organised, a lot is improvised – but mostly functional. Family. Friends. Together. Life. Vitality. It is . . . a bit different.