A Week In Crete
July 24th, 2009 Posted in Day to day, Family, Holiday, Travel
We got back home from Greece Monday, and we had a very nice time, even though Frida wasn’t feeling too well the first couple of days. She reacted to a vaccination she had received two weeks prior to our trip, and Mads and I just hadn’t thought about it until it was too late (duh…). This meant that she was quite beside herself the first few days – like completely beside herself, which was rather tough.
However, those days passed, and the rest of the time was wonderful. Also, I think Ronja enjoyed pretty much every day there, she spent as much time as possible in the swimming pool, and she was having great fun with two 8-year old girls.
We did all we could to relax, had delicious Greek dinners served by friendly waiters, went for a few walks to see the area, and took the bus when we wanted to go away a little further. Mads and I sat on the balcony in the evenings, drinking wine, talking, and reading – now how often does something like that happen? We didn’t rent a car this year as we have done previous years, but we did go on a guided one-day excursion to see “the Hidden Crete”, which took us to several beautiful places in the area around Chania.
All in all we had a wonderful time there with warm weather, great food, lots of bathing and relaxation – and then a few of those factors that you should really learn to take into account, especially when you have children. 
Oh, and by the way – Frida is not a good flyer. Has nothing to do with her ears – she’s just really not a ½-a-square-meter-in-4-hours kind of child. Nope. 4 hours…
I promised you a modeled shot from Greece of Ronja wearing her summer fairy dress – and here she is. More pictures from our vacation are found here.
Tags: chania, crete, greece, grækenland, kreta, maleme, olga suites, summer, summer vacation
11 Responses to “A Week In Crete”
By Mirre
on Jul 24, 2009
The dress is SO cute!
I’m glad you had a lovely holiday!
By Trudy Callan
on Jul 24, 2009
Those were great pictures. Sounds like you had a wonderful, relaxing time.
By Millie
on Jul 24, 2009
Such lovely photos as always. You inspire me to try harder with my photography! The dress is beautiful, as are the girls.
After a couple of days camping recently, my husband and i have concluded that when children have a happpy holiday, everyone does! I’m sorry Frida was unwell, those vaccines can cause lingering reactions, we never think of them either.
By CreatureofHabit
on Jul 25, 2009
Whoa – Crete looks amazing. That shot of the beach is incredible. I’m sorry to hear Frida is not a happy traveler, but it looks like the girls had a wonderful time!
By Susan
on Jul 25, 2009
very good pictures you’ve taken. Makes me want to go there… ha ha.
By Lisa
on Jul 25, 2009
Looks like an amazing holiday!
By Christina Skarø
on Jul 26, 2009
Hej Astrid, velkommen hjem.. det ser ud til at I har haft en fantastisk tur..
Nu bliver jeg altså lige nødt til at kommentere dine billeder.. hvor er du fantastisk til at tage billeder.. de er fyldt med stemning og dybde. Virkelig smukke..
VH Christina
By Astrid
on Jul 26, 2009
Thank you so much everybody!
Millie – I couldn’t agree more on your camping conclusion. The key to a great vacation is to make a nice, relaxed vacation for the kids – then everything else will fall into place.
Christina – tusinde tak – det var søde ord!
By Kristina
on Jul 27, 2009
vilka vackra bilder! skönt att Frida mådde bättre efter de första dagarna.
By susy pavlov
on Sep 23, 2009
Adorei teu blog,ainda não consegui ver todo,mas, o que vi me estimulou muito.
Parabéns!!!!
Susy
By susy pavlov
on Sep 23, 2009
Olá,
Que lindas férias voce teve,parabéns!
Suas filhas são lindissimas,que Deus as conserve com esta beleza e com muita saúde.
Adorei as fotos,maravilhosas.
Susy