The weather here has been very strange. It has been warm the entire time, but the last couple of days have been cloudy and it is just slightly windy. When we arrived in Chania on Saturday the sea was calm and the skies were clear (see the photo of Jim). On Monday afternoon, the skies clouded over briefly and the sea just went nuts! The waves were about 0.5m high, or higher, and moving really fast. On Tuesday, things got even worse and when we were in Chania town the waves were breaking right over the promenade. Of course, we pursued the only sane option open to us: we went swimming! It wasn't really swimming, actually, it was more like flailing around as we tried to stand on the same spot and jump up high every time a wave was going to break over our heads. The goal was to keep our heads dry. This worked well for Jim, but not for Joanne, who is one foot shorter. After 15 minutes in the surf she looked like a drowned rat!
We were quite proud of ourselves for braving the waves until we got back into our suite and looked out our balcony. A man was much farther out in the bay than we dared to go. We thought he was struggling to get to shore and were getting ready to do our best slow-motion/Baywatch run down the beach to rescue him, but then he waved to some people on the beach, and started to swim in another direction...with very little effort. Landlubbers like us are no match for him!
Today the sea is calmer and it is shaping up to be a beautiful day...a great day to hit the beach, with maybe just a little less excitement!
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