Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 25July1971: Crete, Greece: Beef in a Pancake!

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Dearest Barbara:

Both Robert and I do not like Crete. We find Cretans surly and grasping not at all like the other islands. So we will take the first boat out of here in three days. It is terribly humid here. We went to a beach some twenty minutes from the pension we are staying at in Heraklion. The surf was very rough and I got a cramp in my leg and Robert had to jump in and drag me to shore This was very frightening. Robert loved the high surf and enjoyed body surfing. We had the best meal here last night but I did not relish the freshly killed suckling pig hanging up behind me in the restaurant which they will be cooking tomorrow. Robert said they didn’t even take the eyes out…UGH!

We are stuffing ourselves with grapes, watermelon, honeydews, fresh cucumbers. The wine here is very good and so cheap. The hamburgers are wonderful here with slices of beef, tomatoes, onions and tzatziki wrapped in sort of a pancake and at 15 cents a filling lunch. The watermelons here are the size of a basketball and dark green rind but so very sweet.

Love Mum

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Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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