George has spent months planning and organizing our trip, and just as planned, has a rental car waiting for us at the Heraklion airport to begin our eight day tour of the island. Wasting no time, our first stop was to visit the ruins of The Palace of Knossos, the largest of all the palaces of Crete. The first palace was built around 1900 B.C., and destroyed around 1700 B.C., when a new palace was built.
The Palace of Knossos
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| A wannabe princess! |
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| Pithos |
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| The 'Ladies in Blue' fresco |
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| The Cup bearer fresco and Procession fresco |
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| The Throne Room |
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| The Raging Bull fresco depicts a young man performing what appears to be a handspring or flip over a charging bull. Bull-leaping is thought to have been a key ritual in the religion of the Minoan civilization in Bronze Age Crete. |
Refreshments are needed, after a hot day in the sun touring ancient ruins! What is there better to do than a little wine tasting at the beautiful Boutari Winery.
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| The Boutari vineyard |
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| So... we skip the tour and go right to the tasting! |
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| How many stoppers does it take... |
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