Paelochora

A Sunday bicycle stroll in Paelochora.
 Sleepy and lazy weekend atmosphere.
The port seemed quite abandonded with a few shipwrecks.
City centre is very cute and gives you a typical greek atmosphere.Makes you want to immediately stay on the outside porch of the Caffe and sip your Nescafé Frappe watching time go by.Noticed this gorgeous abandoned house!
And of course at the end of the trip, iced Mythos beer to rehydrate. 🙂
Today a hiking trip into Anidri Gorge which leads you to the Anidri Village, 5 km inland from Paelochora. Sadly almost all of the villas are occupied by foreigners as you can see on post boxes, there are only few greek names. 
Tourism is a good thing but it can also destroy the identity of places.😔
Cretan bananas are delicious! They are half the size of the regular banana and sweeter.
We finished the tour by visiting the village church with its byzantine art.

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