I arrived in Iraklio yesterday and walked around for a bit.  The backpack I have is really uncomfortable (although Dad, I’m thankful for you buying it anyway) and I was not happy having to walk up and down hills with it.  I found a nice military backpack today, so I think I’ll buy it.  It’s not that expensive and I think I’ll be happier in the long run.  I took a trip out to the village of Agia Varvara today, lost my camera, and hitchhiked in the bed of an old man’s truck to a smaller village.  This was all in the mountains, where clouds hovered below the peaks of the Psiloritis, blanketed by a quilt of olive trees, fields, and villages.  Goat bleats danced from mountainsides.  It was nice.  I will take my new backpack and a bus and go from village to village.  This is doable for sure, and I actually have the resources to accomplish it.  The Quebecois mentioned that the southern temperature reached 28 recently, which is ridiculous and if it stays like that I might be able to swim there.  That would be super duper.

Hmm what else is interesting?  I thought there was something and if I remember it I’ll let you know.