A perfect holiday is what it was, plain and simple. All inclusive charter trips is definitely the way to travel with children! We had such a good experience with our charter travel company Fritidsresor start to finish and the devil really is in the details when it comes to creating a lasting first impression. When we got off the flight in Greece a smiling group of tour guides greeted us and treated us to a glass of sparkling wine before we got on the transfer bus to our resort.
The resort itself then? Awesome. Our hotel room was right by the pool area and as close to the beach as possible and we were pleasantly surprised when we walked into our room and saw that it was friggin huge and had not one but two separate bedrooms, a bathtub and a great shower and a fridge! ;) It was also serviced 6 out of 7 nights which was really nice.
Our ambitions with this holiday was not to do, do, do but instead to relax and hang out and we had said before we left that it would be more than ok if we didn’t leave the resort at all for the full 7 days. Normally when we travel, we are itching to see and do, but not this time around. This time we just wanted to take it easy. So we did. Our daily routine looked roughly as follows:
Wake up – shower – lather up with sun screen – go for breakfast (pancakes with strawberry jam was a winner!) – take a dip in one of the 4 the pools – snack time with ice cream, toasties and a cold beer - kick a beach ball around for a bit or go to the playground – watch cartoons – lunch time – go to the beach (the beach was fantastic; great sand and shallow water) – go for an afternoon siesta – lather up some more - another dip in the pool and visit to the playground – dinner time! (overload of feta cheese and tzatsiki) – dance time at the Mini Disco – bedtime for the kids – TV-time for the parents. Repeat 6 days in a row.
On the last full day we decided to rent a car and go for our first Harrison-Helin x 4 road trip. We hopped in the car and explored the mountainous south east tip of Crete. We drove through loads of tiny villages, up and down countless mountain roads and dipped our toes in the water at Vai beach.
All in all, a fantastic trip and we’ll def be back to the Greek islands for more!
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| "What? You've never seen a chocolate ice cream beard before?" |
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| "Kalimera!" |
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| Sunset over Makrigialos and Petra Bay |
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| Ethan and mommy at sunset |
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| Styler |
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| The Mikri Poli resort |
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| Ethan and daddy having a hoot in the pool |
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| Toes getting dipped in the Libyan Sea at sunset |
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| Our little beach bum |
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| Goddess Shaena |
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| Handsome Hud figured he'd just not wear clothes that day |
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| Our pool area |
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| The Libyan Sea |
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| Ethan was here |
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| Flower growing through a fence by the roadside |
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| Prophet Helias' church |
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| Note in the men's room at Vai beach |
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| Hudson - a happy road tripper |
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| Beautiful view from our car window |
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| A 'Death box' - The Greeks put up these miniature chapels by the side of the road to commemorate relatives who have died in car accidents. Quite a few of them on the mountain roads! |
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| Vai Beach |
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| Breathtaking view from our drive in the mountains |
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| The Green Beach |
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| All inclusive beer - best served ice cold in a plastic cup by the pool! |
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| Yes, it's a shower |
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| Ethan throwing shapes at the Mini Disco |
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| A walkway between beaches |
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| Cretan mountain goats |
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| Mommy and Ethan in the hotel amphitheatre |
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| Beach Boys? Or Pool Boys? |
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| Ethan mastered play structure climbing whilst on holiday |
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| Flowers planted in old feta cheese and olive oil vats Doesn't get much more Greek than that! |
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| The Green Beach again |
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| Ethan taking the plunge |
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| Cool beach dude |
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| Bamse likes this |
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| Greek salad, Greek tzatsiki, Greek bread and Greek beer |
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| "'Sup dawg?" |
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