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Crete

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Cretan Sea

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A long island of gorges and mountains, with a coast that changes every few kilometres.

Voir

  1. 01Deep gorgesLimestone walls narrowing to a few metres at the bottom.
  2. 02Mountain plateausHigh flat land ringed by peaks, windmills and stone huts.
  3. 03Bronze age palacesPainted rooms and storerooms from four thousand years back.
  4. 04Pink sandShell fragments ground fine along the southwest shore.

Faire

  1. 01Walk a gorgeDown through shade and rock, ending at the sea.
  2. 02Cross the mountainsA road over the spine of the island between two coasts.
  3. 03Swim in a coveWater stays cold where springs run in under the rock.
  4. 04Village eveningOne square, one tree, and everybody out under it.

Manger

  1. 01Barley ruskHard bread softened with tomato, oil and cheese.
  2. 02Wild greensPicked on the hillsides, boiled, dressed with lemon.
  3. 03Goat and lambSlow cooked over wood, salt and little else.
  4. 04Grape spiritClear, strong, poured at the end of every meal.

Artisanat

  1. 01WeavingWool worked on wooden looms in the mountain villages.
  2. 02Leather bootsMade to the foot, meant for stone and long walking.