So i`ve returned from 2 weeks vacation in Crete. And i can easily say that it has been the best vacation i have had in my 36 year old life, largely because of Geocaching!

While caching with all the kids we found this place we returned to 6 times in two weeks! all 3 families agreed its was a tourist free paradise. Here is the full story:

Here is the faboulous four! From the left to right: The primadonna, The furious, The cheeky and The brawler

Car parked, off to find our first treasure. (well second, i forgot to bring the camera for the fisrt one)

A bit of a trek but  thats what geocaching is about. Not sure the kids agrees thou.

The tip was "under a cross". Could it be…?

Jackpot! easy find for the kids.

Remnants from WW2. Kids wantet to go inside but mom wouldt let them. Dad had a peak in thou

This is inside the small chapel you can see in the background above. They are all over crete and seem to be open. The atmosphere was crazy in there and even thou im not a religious man it really made me feel humble in there. Im not sure we where allowed to go in but the stupid tourist got the better of us. We didnt touch anything thou (honestly).

Oranges growing wild is not something you see in Norway. SO picking them off the side of the road was very exotic. And amazing taste aswell, mmmm

So this is the place we found. Its called Deres horse riding center. At start we where just grabbing something to eat. One of the kids was hungry and since we didnt know any better we took off the main road and headed into the mountais where there was this place. And we didnt regret that! The food was amazing, the hospitality the same. It was simply a little piece of heaven away from the hectic tourism that plagues Crete. Prices was fantastic too, we paid less than 100 euro for dinner and drinks for 5 adults and 6 kids!! 3 course dinner with complimentary shots after! Proper homemade cooking dont with organic ingredients. I would highly recommend this place for anyone going to Crete. You need a car thou. Only bad side is poor english knowledge but thats general for all over Crete.

http://www.horse-riding.net/st…..horse.html - Info page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/…..9875274421 - Facebook

After dinner we went to see the horses. I`ve never liked horses much but that changed dramatically over these two weeks. Kids when back to ride 4 times and us grownups had 2 guided tours in the mountains. I have pictures of that aswell but i`ll leave you with this before i completely sidetrack from what this post is about: Geocaching.

We would nevenr have found this place if we where not looking for a cache near by. It just shows more than before that the goal isnt nessecerily the cache but discovering new and exiting things along the way. I`ve found a new hobby now and try to do it as often as possible, i dont even mind going alone.

In august im off to Spain/Portugal and i will definatly be bringing my GPS. Speaking of wich, i am very happy with the unit you recommended. The HCx Legend is working fantastically! Thanks for the tip.

Tai