![Sunset at aus Bay, Crete](https://frantisekstaud.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/f812015b.jpg)
There is a land called Crete in the midst of the wine-dark sea, a fair land and a rich, begirt with water, and therein are many men innumerable, and ninety cities.
– Homerย (fl. 850 B.C.), The Odyssey –
![Chania port, Crete](https://frantisekstaud.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/f812239.jpg)
![Old town of Chania after sunset, Crete](https://frantisekstaud.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/f812170.jpg)
โI wonder if Socrates and Plato took a house on Crete during the summer.โ
โ Woody Allen, Love and Death –
![Balos Bay, Crete](https://frantisekstaud.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/f811964.jpg)
“The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.”
– Saki –
![Workout in Balos Bay, Crete](https://frantisekstaud.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/f811949.jpg)
We, who are dying, are doing better, than they, who will live. For Crete doesn’t need householders, she needs madmen like us. These madmen make Crete immortal.
– Nikos Kazantzakis –
Stunning shots ~ and mostly a great view of how to live with adventure ๐ Great post.