Only a week after the awesome local Children’s Book festival, Rethimnon welcomes another event on children’s literature: The Child and the Book Conference, also known as CBC. It started as a postgraduate-run conference at Roehampton University, UK in 2004, and has since successfully brought together disciplines from across academic fields related to children’s and young … More The Child and the Book Conference
On May 20 1941, a major World War II battle, the Battle of Crete began. It was an effort of the German troops to capture the island of Crete. It was in fact Germany’s first large scale airborne invasion. Thousands of German paratroopers attacked northern Crete’s airfields. They were confronted by the fierce resistance not … More Battle of Crete
[pronounced boo-gha-tsa] A prized breakfast dish, saved for rare occasions. A hangover treatment, to be eaten before going to bed to soothe the stomach. A staple for everyone who grew up in Hania – or studied here. Lately, a fashionable desert at the upscale Athens restaurants that serve cretan cuisine and have their bougatsa shipped … More Mpougatsa
On the sun drenched dunes of sandy beaches, this little white flower startles visitors as it blooms out of its dried up leaves in late summer, its grace, solitude and understated fairness a happy reminder that summer ends but autumn will be equally beautiful in this blessed corner of the Med! Do keep an eye … More Sand Lilly
My Lovely Crete 
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