Re: I'm In Crete!!! Dean Hoffman
From: Barbara Nesbitt (barbara.nesbitt@OBGYN.net)
Mon Nov 3 12:56:12 1997
At Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Dean Huffman wrote:Hi Dean,
I've been in a FEW cafes since I arrived here myself...
I've been to Knossos and a couple of othere spots almost a wonderful
futher down on the island.
The young fellow that runs this place Never heard of a greedy cup.. too
young I'm afraid.
We have a car and have been all over the island but not to Samina Gorge
Yet!
The heads of all the Balkins countries and Turkey and Greece are here
till wens. and the place is loaded with police from the mainland.
You are correct this is a beautiful place. We drove for five hours
today to the southeast corner to the Liberian Sea and up the East coast
and back to Iraklion.
No, the air bace is gone... sorry
Thanks for writing.
Barbara
>Hello. I may well have been in the same cafe (but it was not a Cyber-cafe)
>at that time. I was temporarily stationed at Iraklion Air Station with the
>United States Air Force in late summer/early autumn in 1977. I was on
>permanent assignment at TUSLOG DET 46 in Karamursel, Turkey and managed to
>get about 2 1/2 months TDY (temporary duty) in Iraklion. Best assignment I
>had during my whole tour of Turkey.
>
>Is the US/Greek air station still there? It was a station where radio
>transmissions were monitored and the job may well have been taken over by
>satellites by now.
>
>I remember visiting Knossos. Well worth the visit.
>
>Did you purchase a "greedy glass", or do they still have them anymore? It is
>a standard appearing drinking cup with an internal drainage system so that
>if it is filled to the too (i.e., a greedy glass) then by siphon type
>action, all the contents spill out the bottom. A interesting party
>conversation piece.
>
>Have you seen the Sumarian (? spelling ?) Gorge yet? If you have a chance it
>is well worth the hike. They take you to the top of a mountain in the
>morning and then you spend all day walking down the path. A boat meets you
>at the bottom. They send row boats to shore to pick you up and take you out
>to the Yacht. If they still have the tours, it is well well worth doing.
>Again, I did it in 1977.
>
>There is at least one more reader of this list that might have been there. I
>forget the name now, but she was recently stationed at the air station in
>Adana (Incirlik) Turkey. She returned to the USA this summer.
>
>Enjoy Crete.
>
>--
>Dean Huffman
>
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>
>At 02:25 PM 11/2/97 -0600, you wrote:
>>Hi Everyone,
>>
>>I am at a Cyber-cafe in Iraklio aka Herakleion, Crete... We have been
>>her for six days and have a few more to go. We are having a wonderful
>>time and it is a greqat place. Knossos is the Home of the Minoan
>>Civilization and the first place that was inhabited by people in Europe,
>>The digs are wonderful going back to 2000BC.
>>
>>Everone and his brother has taken over this place throughout the
>>centuries and now today a New Group have arrived. The heads oof the
>>Balken countries, the Serbs, Albanians ect. and the Priemiers of Turkey
>>and Greece all arrived at "our" peacful island and the place is crawling
>>with police. We were out for a peaceful ride in the country and
>>couldn't figure out what was going on with more police cars then I
>>thought they could possibly own and police Standinding along the highway
>>and cars roaring along the road. Well when we returned to out hotel we
>>found out the place ahd been taken over. Leave it to us to pick a
>>hideaway with all the fighting countries!!!
>>
>>We are riding around in our rented "Full Coverage" car with the rear
>>bumper in the Back Seat as my friend ripped it of going around one fo
>>the very sharp corners on the very narrow streets of the city a couple
>>of days ago.
>>
>>So we will always be remembered in Crete as the two crazy Americans, I'm
>>sure.
>>
>>I have a new friend here at the Cyber-Cafe and it is a jumping place.
>>
>>Just wanted to say hello to one and all.
>>
>>Barbara Nesbitt
>>I Used To Be In-Charge of The Women's Side of OBGYN.net
>>
>>--
>>Barbara Nesbitt, Co-Moderater
>>Women's Health Forum
>>OBGYN.net
>>
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