Boats in the Limani

The Limani and Fishing Boats

     Crete has a long tradition with the sea. Just look where it is located! With so much work on the house, we are stuck in Kolymbari but we have discovered wonderful nooks and crannies we usually wouldn't take the time explore normally. Going to the port, checking out the tools of the fishing trade and hopping on boats made for a great time for the kiddos. Plus, it's free. If you are in Kolymbari it makes for a nice evening with our without kids. If you have kids and you are visiting Crete, this is a good free outing. You can even let them hop onto the boats for a few seconds for a cheap thrill.

We saw this ship coming in to port and ran over to see if we could
see it unload its catch. Unfortunately, they unloaded somewhere
else so we only got to see the boat. In English the name of the boat is
Irene.

copious amounts of nets. How they unravel
them is mystery

This is one of our neighbor's fishing boats

This how they store their fishing hooks, there are tons of these containers
set up like this. 

the rope is so thick

more buoys

port

The brothers

This is the second boat they made out of things they found on the beach. The first one went really far out into the ocean. It was a success. This one...not so much. 

We also went to a "play area" that seems to be a big thing here for 

the tourists, actually Kolymbari has changed alot, when you come

you will see how touristy it has become. 

This is our friend Vasili, who also works on the house. He bought the kids ice cream and we sat 

outside overlooking the Mediterranean ocean. He is from Albania and has invited us to visit there. 

There is also a mostly defunct fishing museum in Kolymbari. There is also Naval Museum of Crete http://www.greeka.com/crete/chania/chania-museums/chania-naval-museum.htm that we will try to get to.