Monday, Sept. 19th – We are in Iraklion, Crete, Greece. Today Susan and I bought a tour of the Palace of Knossos built as early as 1700 B. C. It was the center of the elusive and mysterious Minoan civilization. The tour took us through the labyrinth and the excavated and partially reconstructed palace complex. We saw the living quarters of the monarchs, the storerooms, potters’ workshops and the theater. It was very hot and lots of stairs and uneven pavement but I was so glad to see a palace built over 3,700 years ago. The five other old broads took a taxi tour of Iraklion, had a great Greek mean and drank ouzo.