Take A Guided Video Tour of Chania
While we like to think our little videos and random photos are entertaining in their own right, they really don’t do Chania justice. For a great “tour” of our town, watch this video, called “Chania (Old Town and New City).”
The camera follows the story’s protagonist, a little Greek boy riding all over town on a stolen bicycle (actually, he just borrowed it… it’s a sub-plot). As the boy takes his journey, the narrator describes the neighborhoods and important sites from the old town and harbor through to the newer city and surrounding areas.
Nearly ALL of the locations shown in the video are very familiar to us (it’s a small town). Hopefully it will give you a good feel for this incredible place we call home.
In fact, if you watch carefully, you can even see *exactly* where we live! At 6 minutes and 45 seconds into the video (nearly the end), the boy rides down an alley way (passing another bicycle parked against the wall) — that’s our street, and the house seen at the end on the left with the second-story balcony is directly across from our house (hidden behind some bushes). How’s that for a tour!
April 28th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
I was watching the Greek Beach Party instead.
April 29th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
@uncle hughie - yes, that video is equally entertaining
April 29th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Chania looks like a magnificent place to call home, and I wouldn’t ever want to leave if I lived there! It reminds me so much of Bari - which is where my family in Italy lives. I should go try to find a tour of Bari so I can show my husband, who has never been abroad!! Yeah, I have some things I have to teach him about travel!!!
May 3rd, 2008 at 12:53 am
@Dana - thanks for stopping by
Chania and all of Crete are magnificent - indeed, we don’t ever want to leave! And I agree, you should definitely pack your bags (and your husband) and visit your family in Bari - travel travel travel!