Sereneness

Actually, I didn't want to have breakfast because I thought the accommodation and food didn't have a good value for money. However, the landlady didn't want to let me go without it and served me fried eggs with fries along with coffee. She didn't charge me anything extra for that.

Allow me to quote from my travel guide: 'One of the most challenging stages of the E4 hiking trail in terms of navigation. The section between waypoints 4 and 5 is completely overgrown and very difficult to find' and further 'Additional equipment: long trousers for the dense undergrowth' I have crossed knee-deep flooded road sections, trackless bush plains (with the densest and thorniest vegetation imaginable), waist-high overgrown gorges, and endless scree fields. I wonder what might come next and decide to skip those sections from my route altogether. After a calm and unspectacular hike through the uplands and cultural landscape, I decide to deviate back onto the original route before waypoint 5, thus being able to experience a bit of the E4 Crete feeling on the last few kilometers. Regarding this, I have gained a certain amount of sereneness.

Today I landed in a luxury resort. Pool with pool bar, tennis, mini golf... I have my clothes washed first and then I relax by the pool in the sun. Relaxing! There actually aren't any other guests here. It's quite nice without any really important people. But still: What a waste of space, energy, and resources.

Dinner at Nana's in the Apsida Taverna. The real action here only starts in July and August when the Greeks are on vacation, she says. So I'm almost the only guest here as well.