Living the Cretan Life

We arrived in Crete on the 12th and got back to Athens on the 26th. It was a wonderful two weeks but very tiring. I was a little worried going into this trip after being soo drained from Mykonos, but this was much better because we were at a really nice resort...that the family I am working for actually owns. It was great because we did not have to worry about cooking, cleaning, etc...We could just concentrate on the kids! Crete is not like a lot of the other Greek islands with the white and blue houses but it has its own beauty. It is a little more rustic looking with amazing blue waters. Cretan people have one of the longest life expectancies because of their diet and lifestyle so I did get to experience a bit of that while I was there...Well kind of....I did eat some of the Cretan food, very yummy...but....I think I scared some of the Greeks with my eating habits..haha. The resort had a buffet and I did not know how to control myself. And...Greeks eat practically nothing for dinner..maybe a piece of fruit...I kept trying to tell them that Americans eat a lot for dinner to justify my portion size. :)

We spent most of our day at the beach and then back at our own pool by our hotel room. There was entertainment at night that the kids and I enjoyed, but it also meant that I was with them till midnight every night...pretty late! There were two other American girls working with Greek families there and that was really nice to have. We got to sightsee together one day and hang out and do things with the kids together. Oh another cool thing...we went to another hotel a little farther down from ours in Eloundtha. This hotel was AMAZING! they had Greek night with dancing and lots of Greek food. Also found out that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt stayed at this hotel...Wow! I might have to use that one once in a while! haha

Here are some pictures!

View from our room


Sand castle pro with Ashlen, the other American. What are the chances that are names are really similar?!? By the way, the kids definitely left us to do this on our own half way through...pretty good if you ask me...


I let the kids bury me...There was sand everywhere!