TIL that if you’re not buying “extra virgin olive oil”, then you’re probably buying oil that was chemically extracted using hexane and other industrial techniques and that is largely devoid of nutritional value.
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Greece, Day 11
Greece trip, day 11: Final day in Crete. Toured an olive oil-producing estate, lunch in Rethymno Old Town, visited the Venetian sea fortress in Heraklion.
More octopuses
More octopuses! 🐙 (Minoan)
Ancient glass bottles
Beautiful Roman period glass bottles
Greece, Day 10
Greece trip, day 10: Archaeological Museum of Crete and then the Minoan Palace at Knossos (complete with Sir Arthur Evan’s ham-fisted early 20th century recreations).
Beach attire
Beach attire for the sun-afflicted (also it wasn’t that warm)
Shallow water
I love sunlight on shallow water.
Greece, Day 9
Greece trip, day 9: Elafonisi Beach in southwest Crete. Water was cold but we swam and waded anyway.
Greece, Day 8
Greece trip, day 8: Stefanou Beach and exploring Chania’s Old Town and waterfront.
Octopuses
Octopuses! 🐙
