Beach day!

We took an hour long bus ride (went pretty fast) from Heraklion to Hersonissos. The lady at the front desk recommend it when we asked where we could go to the beach. We went to a place called Star Beach. It was free entry and had beach access, kiddie pools, a bug filled lazy river and regular pool. After changing in the WC we found 2 seats on the beach right away. Walking on the sand was HOT, HOT, HOT. The water felt good and there was a nice breeze. Getting into the sea proved quite disastrous for me every time (as did getting out of it). I only made it in/out of the water on my feet 1 time. The problem was a few steps in there were rocks you had to walk across to get to the sandy part. You had to do this while battling to stay upright when the surprisingly strong waves hit you. I think I could have one the million dollar prize on America's funniest home videos. I went down multiple times each trip out and it wasn't pretty (but I was laughing the whole time). The water felt good though so I kept going back in to cool off. After awhile we headed to the pool. Harder finding seats there. Ours were further away from the pool behind a palm tree. Probably spent a little less time there then in the beach. Then we shared a pizza, changed and headed back. I may- or may not-have closed my eyes a couple of times in the bus home so it seemed to fly by. Even after using a half a tube of sunscreen I'm feeling the burn in a few places. Totally worth it. Got to hotel at about 5. Great day!

PS: God bless these Europeans and their positive body images. Walking around with confidence with everything hanging out. Wish that was the norm in the US.