Euroadventure15: All around Crete
(posted by Emily) 3 July 2015 Crete, Greece (Chania) On Friday, we woke up around 9 and decided to head off into town to eplore the island a bit more. We drove into Chania, and explored the beach a bit further west of where we had been our first day. After some sun and swim, we stopped and did some quick Googling about what was in the area--Rick found an olive oil tour a few km away at a company called Biolea. Their estate is up on a hill near a town called Deliana. We could see the ocean and this small village from the estate. Chloe, the daughter of the family that began this company, gave us a tour of how they make their olive oil--still using a granite stone mill and cold pressing their oils. This is an old technology they have made modern, to get the best quality oil they can. For lunch, we asked Chloe where we should go and eat. She told us about the small taverna in Deliana run by Yannis, whose mother makes the best spinach pies. We were sold. The restauran...