The recent torrential, venomous rainfalls have caused much damage to private and public property, farmland and even causing loss of life. Unnecessary. Or it should in a better ” designed ” world.

As a tribute and we hope, encouragement to those who have been most affected, we show the beauty of the White Mountains of Crete just 2 days after the flooding and mud-gushing, the tips and the peaks showing the first snows of the year

Crete, snow-capped mountains

As the population of the USA is estimated to reach three hundred million today – Tuesday, October 17, 2006 – we say well done…from a small country, Greece, with a population a little more than that of New Jersey and less than the population of Florida.

Keep on keepin’ on!

CHANIA AIRPORT has offered a very large free parking area for the last two years. Further to walk from the terminal, than the paid parking opposite the entrance, but most useful for longer forays away, the area is now reserved for employees only.

In the future ( ! ) there will be a new “long-term” parking area created, but for now this useful patch of tarmac has in effect, vanished.

Icelandair via its “LUCKY FARES” offers email alerts of great deal fares not only to Iceland but to some European cities. Prices are often easily low enough to add paying for another European flight to hop on to say…Athens!

Lufthansa offers LOW fares to several European cities from a few North American gateways.

Both airlines offer email alerts about these special fares on their websites:

- http://www.icelandair.com/
- http://www.lufthansa.com/