Today begins the overnight trip we are taking to other side of the island.We are going to the hometown of one of my professors called Chania.
Since its such a far drive we had to be on the bus at 8AM! obviously I fell asleep on the bus ride but once we arrived it was beautiful!
this is Chania's port:
so cute!
Chania is filled with tons of little side streets filled with shops and cafes! we also visited an indoor farmers market of sorts.
It was pretty cool and i bought some sweet honey bread there which was delicious!
Then we headed out to Terra Creta the olive oil company.
fun fact: most olive oil you buy is a mixture of olives from all around the world--Terra Creta's is natural cretan olive oil from the Kolymvari region which has approx. 30 million trees!!
we learned about the process of retrieving the oil from the olives!
from taking them from the trees:
to the processes that test the olive for its acidity etc, the juicing, the sifting, etc:
all the way to the bottling
I learned a lot about olive oil and what the color should be for a good oil: golden with a slight green tinge.
Overall it was pretty cool to see and of course i am going home with a bottle for my father the chef :-)
we also visited a rusk making bakery company. It was really cool to see how they make the rusks and get to taste their many different versions.
We spent the night at a hotel in Kastelli-Kissamou whose owners our professor is familiar with. They were incredibly hospitable and the food was plentiful and delicious--especially the dessert which was made for us by the owner.....she's a mighty good cook :-)
tomorrow we are off on a day cruise---can't wait!
Now it is time to sleep......
Since its such a far drive we had to be on the bus at 8AM! obviously I fell asleep on the bus ride but once we arrived it was beautiful!
this is Chania's port:
so cute!
Chania is filled with tons of little side streets filled with shops and cafes! we also visited an indoor farmers market of sorts.
It was pretty cool and i bought some sweet honey bread there which was delicious!
Then we headed out to Terra Creta the olive oil company.
fun fact: most olive oil you buy is a mixture of olives from all around the world--Terra Creta's is natural cretan olive oil from the Kolymvari region which has approx. 30 million trees!!
we learned about the process of retrieving the oil from the olives!
from taking them from the trees:
to the processes that test the olive for its acidity etc, the juicing, the sifting, etc:
all the way to the bottling
I learned a lot about olive oil and what the color should be for a good oil: golden with a slight green tinge.
Overall it was pretty cool to see and of course i am going home with a bottle for my father the chef :-)
we also visited a rusk making bakery company. It was really cool to see how they make the rusks and get to taste their many different versions.
We spent the night at a hotel in Kastelli-Kissamou whose owners our professor is familiar with. They were incredibly hospitable and the food was plentiful and delicious--especially the dessert which was made for us by the owner.....she's a mighty good cook :-)
tomorrow we are off on a day cruise---can't wait!
Now it is time to sleep......
καληνύχτα (pronounced: kali̱nýchta and means goodnight)
~ αγαπώ ~
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