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My Cretan experience
When I started working in Crete for the first time in 2008, everything seemed difficult and tedious. At first I didn’t have time for anything; I was dead tired, sleepy and dizzy. But, one day I decided to take a look at the landscape, just for my own curiosity, from the top of my work place. And what I saw then was something I just couldn’t describe in words. It was than when I started to believe that the experience was rewarding after all.
Crete is such an awkward yet fascinating island; from fashion to gastronomy, from sports to culture, from high mountains to endless beaches, this piece of heaven has it all. On this journey I’ve seen unreal landscapes, images I will never forget and people I will always remember. From the divine pink beaches in Hania, on the west side of the island, to the mysterious caves on the south side, Crete offers a chance of a lifetime to enjoy the sun and explore the history. Every single piece of the island has a past, a story to tell, or a legend to lend ear to. Working and traveling in Crete was from the very start a unique opportunity to witness a 3 month vacation for free.
Moreover, I’ve never seen a place so lively in my life. There was never a moment where I could say “Oh, finally it’s quiet”; somewhere on the island it had to be a party, a festival or something with music. As the days went by, working on Crete had become a daily routine. Step by step I started forgetting everything about tiredness. I began to see things from a tourist’s point of view, and in the end I became one. Outside my work schedule I decided to be a special tourist, so I slipped into a stranger with multiple personalities.
I was the adventurer who went buggy-jumping; I was the climber, who explored the mountains, I turned into this rebel and made a tattoo, and finally I decided to go back to the working tourist, and be the photographer who transfigured the island and made it pure art. I’ve turned all those 3 months spent on Crete into a knockout experience. I took a map and went to see the island’s most interesting town, Heraklio. Close to the mountains, Heraklio stands for high fashion, shopping, tradition, history and culture.
I’ve spent a whole summer on Crete where I tried to see as much as I could but I can’t say I had the time for everything. Such a diversified, unpredictable place will never be completely explored. The legends of the island will remain an enigma; in time, people will evolve, technology will advance but tradition and culture will be the same, old and outdated, and yet an international interest for tourists around the world.
When I started working in Crete for the first time in 2008, everything seemed difficult and tedious. At first I didn’t have time for anything; I was dead tired, sleepy and dizzy. But, one day I decided to take a look at the landscape, just for my own curiosity, from the top of my work place. And what I saw then was something I just couldn’t describe in words. It was than when I started to believe that the experience was rewarding after all.
Crete is such an awkward yet fascinating island; from fashion to gastronomy, from sports to culture, from high mountains to endless beaches, this piece of heaven has it all. On this journey I’ve seen unreal landscapes, images I will never forget and people I will always remember. From the divine pink beaches in Hania, on the west side of the island, to the mysterious caves on the south side, Crete offers a chance of a lifetime to enjoy the sun and explore the history. Every single piece of the island has a past, a story to tell, or a legend to lend ear to. Working and traveling in Crete was from the very start a unique opportunity to witness a 3 month vacation for free.
Moreover, I’ve never seen a place so lively in my life. There was never a moment where I could say “Oh, finally it’s quiet”; somewhere on the island it had to be a party, a festival or something with music. As the days went by, working on Crete had become a daily routine. Step by step I started forgetting everything about tiredness. I began to see things from a tourist’s point of view, and in the end I became one. Outside my work schedule I decided to be a special tourist, so I slipped into a stranger with multiple personalities.
I was the adventurer who went buggy-jumping; I was the climber, who explored the mountains, I turned into this rebel and made a tattoo, and finally I decided to go back to the working tourist, and be the photographer who transfigured the island and made it pure art. I’ve turned all those 3 months spent on Crete into a knockout experience. I took a map and went to see the island’s most interesting town, Heraklio. Close to the mountains, Heraklio stands for high fashion, shopping, tradition, history and culture.
I’ve spent a whole summer on Crete where I tried to see as much as I could but I can’t say I had the time for everything. Such a diversified, unpredictable place will never be completely explored. The legends of the island will remain an enigma; in time, people will evolve, technology will advance but tradition and culture will be the same, old and outdated, and yet an international interest for tourists around the world.