BIKE CLASSICAL: Lessons in Hospitality!!

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Lessons in Hospitality!!

Photos by Jack A. Waldron

After missing the road to Matala late yesterday afternoon, I arrived in Kalamki, Crete at 8:30 pm, pretty tired and thirsty (for more than just warm water!). Maria and Michael (married now for 58 years), who own the Knossos Hotel, gave me a cold beer, a bowl of homemade juvalacha soup (Maria and soup pictured below), and didn't want any money in return. The hospitality I have met from Taiwan to Italy and Sicily, and now in Greece and Crete, has really taught me a great lesson in how to welcome strangers. Houses have been opened, dinners shared, bills cut and help offered. I can't thank enough ALL of the wonderful people I have met along this journey, most of whom are not pictured below. So, if you read this, thank you for your gracious hospitality. I have learned a great deal from your lessons . . .

Sicily, Italy

Terracina, Italy

Taiwan

Sicily, Italy

Pictured below, me with my mom in Port Charlotte, Florida, March 2013.

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1 comment:

UnknownSeptember 5, 2013 at 8:13 AM
These are amazing photos!
Beautiful town looks to me.
Is inviable
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