Crete - Rethymno

 Just wanting a short walk so we went down to the shore and turned east for a change.

A stony beach backed by empty and rather scruffy looking apartments and hotels.

Good enough to swim off though.

Everything looks better with some flowers in the foreground.

Further along, some high end restaurants were getting ready to open, washing down the terraces, doing some touch up painting. They have lovely views across the bay to the fortress (justification for their high prices)

Walking back there was no one in the "sea pool"

but some ladies had been swimming at the protected beach.

We felt we shouldn't go grocery shopping when we were hungry so had to stop for a sweet.

We also took a slice of "apple pie" (shortbread crust, sliced apple and a sugary top layer) to share for dessert at dinner.

This is the grocery store we go to most of the time. It is about a 10 minute walk away. When we have the car we go to Lidl which requires going through a horrendous intersection (about 8 roads come into it and there is no real indication of who has the right of way and which of the various curbs you go around, on what side) but is cheaper.

So here's a few things I haven't seen before - an M & M chocolate bar,

KFC potato chips (mind you I never go in the potato chip aisle at home, so maybe we have them too)

Green Cola was first developed by Green Cola Hellas in Orestiada in 2011, during the height of the Greek debt crisis.^[1] Green Cola, a soda sweetened with stevia, became Green Cola Hellas's flagship product. The drink has been branded as having the taste of other colas but "without all of the bad stuff".^[2] The beverage became widely distributed in mainland Greece and in the Greek islands.^[3] The cola grew in popularity and started being produced in Germany in 2015^[4][5] and in Spain in 2017;^[6] as of 2018, Green Cola is offered for sale in a number of international markets from Wikipedia.

Another site indicated the name comes from the green coffee beans that provide the caffeination.

Rick's "sweet tooth" section of the counter (those are chocolate filled croissants)

and our wine section. The plastic bottle has been relegated to "cooking wine" and the cardboard box to "emergency wine". The large, 1.5 litre bottles were on sale at Lidl for 3.5Euro and are quite acceptable!