From: Lucian Mogosanu Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 15:16:15 +0000 (+0300) Subject: posts: 07b X-Git-Tag: v0.11~114 X-Git-Url: https://git.mogosanu.ro/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=626ef2e8bc6770b68ec5b7df331a8b527b8595bd;p=thetarpit.git posts: 07b --- diff --git a/posts/y05/07b-heraklion.markdown b/posts/y05/07b-heraklion.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cb71565 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/y05/07b-heraklion.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,152 @@ +--- +postid: 07b +title: Ηράκλειο +date: October 17, 2018 +author: Lucian Mogoșanu +tags: in-the-flesh +--- + +So this past two months I've, in some order or another: been sucked into +heathendom and its tar pits, came out of it, spent little to no time +touching computers, spent more time away from the place I call home than +near it (in three other places -- or four, maybe five, since we're still +counting), saw places, met people, said a "fuck this, I'm gonna take +this backpack[^1] and fly away" more than once, and a few other very +important stuff which I shan't recount here. So this is how I, for +starters, ended up in southern Greece, on this very nice island where +all the Cretans live[^2]. And while this wasn't my first time in Greece, +it was my first time going there this decade and the first time I got +closer to Istanbul, Antalya or Nicosia than [Bucharest][lacul-morii]. I +guess that has to count for something, so let's see how this first trip +of mine went! + + + +Above: a bunch of things gathered together, as seen from a vantage point +somewhere in Heraklion. The buildings at the left of this photo hide the +town centre, with its taverns and boutiques and all the soulless tourist +stuff, only this time with an actual soul: the place is quite lively in +the late afternoons and evenings, when the cafés are full, the children +are playing around and some guy is sitting at the edge of a fountain, +pouring some popanglosong out of his guitar and his mouth, only with a +pronounced Greek accent. + +The central piece of the photo above is, as I suppose you have well +noticed, the Mediterranean. The northern part of the town is separated +from the sea by a small gulf hosting a bunch of yachts, itself separated +from the sea by a pier. Below: a photo of the gulf and the pier in +question. + + + +Smack dab in the middle of the pier, one can see a fortress. And much +like [that other one][citadel], this one was also part of -- and in fact +founded by -- a group calling itself a Most Serene Republic. Only from +the looks of it, this one was much better preserved, which makes it a +lovely sight. + + + + + + + + + +Above: the town, the sea, the pier. Below: the eastern part of +Heraklion, as seen from far away. Somewhere in the far plane there's a +small, white, round object hiding -- very probably a radome, possibly +from the airport. + + + + + +Above, another shot of the fortress on the pier. Yes, the thing above on +the wall is the Venetian lion. Pictured below: a shore that is +definitely not located in Heraklion. + + + +Speaking of which, if you haven't tried Mediterranean foods by now, +you've no idea what you've been missing. Yes the seafood is great, but +that aside, even cheapfoods such as the ol' boring tzatziki and gyros +are a joy to the palate when served in the right venue. Not to mention +that they're very easy to prepare at home, given the right ingredients. + +Further below, some photos of the palace -- though whether it was +actually a palace or not remains a point of debate -- of +Knossos. There's more where that came from, and I'm not going to insist +on this particular photo session. First because most of the cool objects +from Knossos are now in the archaeological museum in Heraklion, which I +have indeed visited. However, I didn't take any photos of the cool +objects, as I was way too charmed by the guide, a woman in her forties +who gave an excellent account of (pre)historical Crete, as dumbed down +as that was. + + + + + + + +The second reason for my lack of interesting archaeological photos is +that Knossos was full of orcs. I don't know how I'm supposed to imagine +myself in 2000BC when the place is swarming with people dressed in +jeans, most of them loud as fuck and standing in the way, both +physically, and that of actually enjoying the thing. So no, that's not +an archaeological site, it's a shitshow. + +And in more modern shitshows, a snek. + + + + + +Above, the very same view from the vantage point, only this time a storm +was brewin', yarr! Fortunately, the weather got better later that day, +and I took off and, well: + + + + + +Above, another shore that was definitely not located in Heraklion. All +in all, that's all that I (unfortunately!) managed to get through the +lens this time. Τα λέμε! + +[^1]: And this is how I once again find out that a 30L backpack can + easily fit all the necessaries for travelling, plus some extra + junk. My guess is that this volume can be reduced by at least 5L, + maybe more, assuming a place to wash clothes and dry them -- which + brings us more into the 15-25L range [suggested][bingology] by + well-traveled Republicans. Not being much of a nomad myself, I + can't say I'm very eager to try out this "life style", but on the + other hand it's quite something to get the perspective of how much + one *doesn't* really need in order to enjoy their time on this + Earth. + + Life, y'know. + +[^2]: This is such a horrible, horrible pun, and how long I've waited to + make it! + +[bingology]: http://bingology.net/2018/09/21/notes-for-republican-pioneers-roughly-9-ish-months-in/ +[lacul-morii]: /posts/y04/077-lacul-morii.html +[citadel]: /posts/y04/068-the-story-of-the-citadel.html diff --git a/uploads/2018/10/heraklion-01-thumb.jpg b/uploads/2018/10/heraklion-01-thumb.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6d2b13f Binary files /dev/null and b/uploads/2018/10/heraklion-01-thumb.jpg differ diff --git a/uploads/2018/10/heraklion-01.jpg b/uploads/2018/10/heraklion-01.jpg new file mode 100755 index 0000000..5cbb016 Binary files /dev/null and b/uploads/2018/10/heraklion-01.jpg differ diff --git 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