Let's Go to the Mall...Today!

On Tuesday, we returned to the Knossos Palace, everyone’s least favorite ferry. It was still our test day, so most people were quite stressed. I was reading in the cabin when Louisa and Caroline came in, overjoyed from having just finished their last test. We were chatting when we heard an announcement over the loudspeaker. Since none of us understands Greek, we didn’t pay much attention until we heard the woman speaking English. She said and I quote “Ladies and gentlemen. The shops on board are now open for the sale of profitable items. Thank you.” We burst out laughing and decided to check out these profitable items. The ship’s stores were quite a mixed bag. My favorite store by far was a child’s store that contained more Winnie the Pooh and Disney merchandise I’ve ever seen outside of the Disney store. It also contained a great selection of really random items that caused us to break out into uncontrollable fits of laughter, including many singing stuffed animals. Another store sold Lacoste and Benetton items, which are even more expensive in Europe. Needless to say, we didn’t find any profitable items on board. But we did find some somewhere else…
That place is the two story grocery store in Herakleion. It is awesome. The first time we went, Louisa really needed to buy detergent. We searched the entire bottom floor and couldn’t find any. In the checkout line, I saw a woman with what looked like detergent (it was actually window cleaner) and we asked her where she got it. She pointed upwards as if to tell us the store had a second story. We climbed the stairs and reached a whole new world. Toys, cleaning supplies, clothing…so many random things were on the top floor of that grocery store. We couldn’t believe it. There were definitely, in the words of the Knossos Palace, many profitable items to be found.