Crete
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Place: Crete, Greece Book: Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis (1946) Movie: Zorba the Greek with Alan Bates and Anthony Quinn(1964) and subsequent musical, Zorba Several years ago, during our travels in Greece, Ken and I had a marvelous 10 days of driving back and forth across the mountains of Crete and exploring its rough-edged [...]
Do summer days make you wish you were on an island? See some books about about Greek Islands, and specifically about Crete. And over at Spot Cool Stuff, I wrote about my idyll on the island of Siphnos. Or journey to the Caribbean with this British travel writer. Have a nice trip to the islands!
Books: The Villa Ariadne, by Dilys Powell and The Cretan Runner by George Psychoundakis Destination: Crete, Greece The Island of Crete, the largest of the hundreds of islands that make up most of the watery nation of Greece, contains as much history, variety of scenery and adventures as many small countries. Two eras attracted our [...]
