Well we got into Chania today after a quick morning flight. We’re staying at the Kydon, possibly the nicest hotel so far! There’s a cruise ship in the harbour so the city is full of tourists (darn tourists). The central market square, their “agora”, is full of many opportunities to pick up interesting items and souvenirs for folks back home. The harbour here is beautiful, in fact, the whole the city is. Climbing a nearby hill we got a good look at our surroundings.
We’ve been scheduled for a boat tour today, on Captain Nick “The Greek”‘s glass-bottom boat. People have been excited about this one for a long time now, but it appeared the world wasn’t going to cooperate when the 2 o’clock outing was canceled due to rough waters. Luckily by 5 the sea had calmed and we were back on.
The trip was a great time. We cruised through the waters to a goat-reserve island where we managed to spot one, saw an old fortress on a rocky island, and went snorkeling at another bay. Captain Nick, who may be part shark, swam out and not only retrieved a lost Go-Pro from earlier but also found and captured an octopus, all within 10 minutes.
Next day we were off to the Technical University of Crete to visit the people of the Mineral Resources Engineering department. It’s always very interesting to meet students and professors from other cultures and see how other schools teach the subject matter. We were treated to a fine tour of the school and everyone was very kind and accommodating for us. I got some pictures of their laboratory full of interesting projects.
This is the final day together for our group so when we got to the city we got together to head out for a last supper. It’s been a fantastic time in Greece and I don’t think anyone will be forgetting about it soon. A big thank you is due to all our sponsors and everyone who has helped get us here.
Thank you to El Dorado, Orica, Copper Mountain, Goldcorp, Starcore, Motion Metrics, Minesight, Polycorp, and Klein for their generosity and support.
Thank you to all the people we’ve met here in Greece who’ve been kind enough to share their beautiful country with us.
And thank you for following us on this journey.
– Alex G