Greeced Lightnin': University of Crete and Elafonisi

University of Crete Campus Rethymno is kind of special. Not as modernized architecture as one would think seeing that it was built as late as in the early 1980s. Many of us students want to find its architect and slap him/her. It is a campus full of mazes and if you choose the wrong road you'll get lost. This part right outside our classrooms has been built like a pantheon.

We're usually up late every night rarely going to sleep before 2-3ish - even during weekdays. So even though the people below may seem tired, they're a very happy bunch. We're about 45 students divided into 3 classes à 15 students in each class allowing closer interaction between teacher and student.

The University is located at a height of 285 meters above sea-level. Quite the climb every morning! The view from the cafeteria and other locations across the university can be very stunning. This is basically our view every lunch!

After lunch, around 2 o'clock, it's time to catch the bus back to town. Since we're never sure exactly what time the bus comes (something like a floating schedule) we spend some time in the sun by the bus stop.

On Friday we had a hardcore night out - together with our teachers! Good fun and good lack of memories for some, for instance the Norwegian Daniel (see earlier post) who downed 13 Tequila shots, 4 Vodka lemonades and a couple of beers. At 1€/shot you weren't really given much of a choice...

A night out that started at 9pm didn't finish until 6:30 am. While others were pretty much still out of it I had strategically found a red bull in my fridge and presto, I was re-energized to pack my bags and help others to pack their bags - at 7am we had to catch a bus!

From Rethymno we took the 7am bus to Chania from where we changed bus to Elafonisi. We were going to spend an entire day on Crete's, nature-protected, southern shore.