Day 2 started nice and slowly - we were exhausted from our long day the day before so we had a lovely sleep in. Don't have to rush when you are on holiday! We went for a stroll down the beach to see what it was like - loads of different studio apartment hotels, bars on the beach etc, quite a few flying the flags of the UK holiday firms. We wandered back down the road to see if there was anything worth seeing there but there wasn't really - just tavernas, supermarkets and tourist shops.
We got back to the apartments and Marilyn had arrived with her group - Kath, Paul and Janice. Antonios was very keen to take us back up to Zourva for a meal but that didn't work out for the first afternoon. Once Marilyn and the group had settled in we went for a drive down to the Germany Cemetery at Maleme. The site overlooks the airfield at Maleme where the Battle of Crete begun, and it is also the site where most of the German paratroopers were killed - before they reached the ground in most cases. Rather than headstones, there are tablets in the ground, and two men are buried in each plot. It is beautifully maintained, and very sombre. Interestingly, the Germans didn't get their cemetery until the 1970s - until then the Germans had been buried in various different cemeteries around the the island.
That evening we went out for a lovely meal at Markos' Taverna. Off the beaten track, up a hill it was lovely. We were met by the (rather lovely) son of the owner who had returned from New York that day. Then we were taken into the kitchen to be told what the dishes were and we chose from there - no menus here! At the start of the meal the men were given a short of Raki to drink, the 'ladies' were given Ouzo!
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