Yes, the title "Thalatta! Thalatta!" is somewhat misleading, since in fact when the event being alluded to occurred the soldiers were at the Black Sea, not the Mediterranean. However, since Chris and I could not think of any quotes in Greek related to the Mediterranean, this is what we shouted. Sorry, classicists and fans of Xenophon everywhere.
So, we hiked to the end of the Agia Irini (Agia means "Saint," by the way- it's a word you run into a whole lot over here) and after we caught a bus ended up in Sougia, a small village on the Mediterranean sea. Most of the students went swimming. Chris and realized that we did not have bathing suits.
But this did not deter us! Into the sea we went, fully clothed. It was very wet. Jeans get very heavy when you are swimming in them. Whether or not it was cold is debatable- I thought that the water temperature was actually rather pleasant.
And that is, my friends, more or less the end of my trip to Crete. After this, we caught a bus back to Chania and from there a ferry to Peireias and from there a bus back to Pangrati. And then I walked home. It was very exciting.
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