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NEWS FROM C.I.C (Group Rethymno)


The C.I.C group from Rethymno starts a new monthly activity to show you something more of Crete and to enable you to visit places that you might not know.
This is a coach excursion program designed by Albert van Elst.
He works in the Tourist industry here on Crete for 19 years, 8 of them as a guide on the Coach and 11 years in a Tourist office in Rethymno on the beach road.
The program is on every last Sunday of the Month and the cost will be kept as low as possible. Lunches, entrances and gifts to the guide are not included in the price.
Minimum participation is 20 persons and overflow of cash will go to Charity and on each of the Coffee mornings of the community in the La Bamba bar of Rethymno all members can give their suggestions and by vote will be decided which charity will be the lucky one of that month. Please read the program for January and have also a preview on the February and March planning

31 JANUARY

CRETAQUARIUM - KAZANTZAKIS MUSEUM - ARCHANES MUSEUM-
BEE KEEPER ORGANIZATION B.S.D.O.A.

We start at around 9.00 am.
We can pick up guest from Georgioupolis-Kavros-Rethymno-Misseria-Platanes-Adele-Skaletta-Panormos yes even from Agia Pelagia, but always on the Highway.

Our first visit is at the new CretAquarium of Crete near Gournes.
With our coach company we can get a good entrance price for the group approx 5,00 euro p.p.
There will be a specialist to give us a tour in the aquarium.
The second visit is at Nikos Kazantzakis Museum in Myrtia. Entrance 2,00 euro
Here we see the life and works from the most important novel writer from Crete and we can buy his books in the Musuem shop. Kazantzakis was the writer from Zorba The Greek, but much more other books of course. Here guiding from the Museum staff.
The 3rd visit is in the Archaeological Musuem of Archanes, were the findings from the area and a Palace very much related to Knossos are on show. We see some of the oldest wine mill stones of Crete.
The village Archanes was elected over a decade ago by the E.U. as the 2nd best restored traditional village in Europe. On the wonderful village square we will have a typical cretan lunch for 10,00 euro p.p. Last visit is at Kostas Panagiotakis at his Bee farm and he will show his work and honey products. http://bsdoa.com
Between 5.00- 6.00 pm we will be back in Rethymno and the pick up points.

Cost for the excursion is 17,50 euro for non members and 15,00 euro for C.I.C members.
You can send your reservation for places by email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Or call 28310-56641. Tickets can also be obtained at the coffee morning of 7 January 2010.



PREVIEW

28 FEBRUARY

ARKADI MONASTERY - MARGARITES POTTERY - ZONIANA CAVES-ANOGIA VILLAGE - IDEON ANTHRON PLATEAU.

28 MARCH
KRITSA CHURCH & VILLAGE - AGIOS NIKOLAOS - SPINALONGA-LASSITHI PLATEAU

The Nikos Kazantzakis Museum pays tribute to the important intellectual, author, thinker, philosopher, politician and traveller Nikos Kazantzakis.

The Museum is made up of a cluster of buildings in the central square of the historical village of Varvari, now known as Myrtia. The Museum Exhibition is housed on a site formerly occupied by the home of the Anemoyiannis family, which was related to Nikos Kazantzakis' father, Kapetan Michalis.

The Museum was founded by set and costume designer Yiorgos Anemoyiannis, a pioneering figure in Greek theatre. His fundamental aim was to preserve the author's memory and promote his work and thought. Significant assistance was offered by Eleni Kazantzaki, the author's second wife, and her adopted son Patroclos Stavrou.

The Museum holds manuscripts and notes by the author; samples of his correspondence with major thinkers, politicians and authors of his time; first editions of his works in Greek and other languages; rare photographic material; souvenirs from his travels; personal effects; models, costumes and other material from theatre productions of his works in Greece and abroad; portraits and sculptures of the author; dozens of foreign-language editions of his works from all over the world, all a legacy that brings alive the memory of Nikos Kazatzakis and promotes his work and personality.

The Nikos Kazantzakis Museum has quite literally become a site of worldwide intellectual pilgrimage. Every day, visitors arrive from all four corners of the globe, bearing witness to the lasting relevancy of the word expressed by the great Cretan, universal author and thinker.

The excursion of this month January will go, since we have already the minimum of participants. Tell your friends

The excursion for Februari will go in the mountains. We visit first Monastery Arkadi, symbol of the Cretan Resistance during the Turkish Occupation. Than the pottery village Margarites where we can see how they still work with their ancient traditions of making ceramics. Next is on the highest road of Crete to the Sfentoni caves of Zoniana and we move on to nearby well known vilage Anogia to meet the ladies that produce carpets and beautiful embroidery.
The Lunch is at 910 meter in a taverna in front of the ideon caves. Here we meet also Vasili Skoulas that will sing of his Cretan songs for us.
The benefits from the excursion will go to the Red Cross Samaritans that will collect enough money this year to buy a new 4wheel drive jeep to make assistance possible in mountainious areas. So the excursion is very related to the charity that we have chosen. We start from Georgioupoli and can pick up any person up to Panormos.
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Price 15,00 p.p. for members

The excursion for 28-2-2010 has already 52 guest. We have a double deck coach now and able to book 74 seats

C.I.C. Coach excursion to Eastern Crete Sunday 28-3-2010
Kritsa Panagia Church & traditional Village-Agios Nikolaos- Elounda- Spinalonga- Plaka.

We start at around 8.00 am from Georgioupolis main square.
We pick up guest from Georgioupolis-Kavros-Rethymno-Misseria-Platanes-Adele-Skaletta-Panormos-Agia Pelagia, but always from the Highway.

Today we start a little earlier with our monthly excursion which is already “a hit” within our C.I.C activities. We will explore the east of Crete and although many of us live here for many years, maybe this part of our island is still a secret to you. We will be under the care of the most famous guide on Crete which is www.victorzorbas.com He designed this program and will bring us first of all to the Panagia church at Kritsa. This is a 3 aisle church with wall paintings of 13th century. We visit the traditional village Kritsa, where former Greek minister, but also Moviestar Melina Mercouri and her husband/director Jules Dasin filmed “the Miracle of Kritsa”. From Kritsa we pass on to Agios Nikolaos and make a photo stop above the city. Its 15 minutes from here to come to the most luxurious beach resort on Crete, Elounda. Here ministers, celebrities, famous sports people come for their holidays and it all started with the great English statesmen Winston Churchill who had a house in the village. From Elounda we will take a boat to the island Spinalonga that we visit and we hear all the stories from Victor. He wrote 2 books about the island and the area and we all know the story about this former Lepra island from the BBC TV series “Who pays the ferrymen? ” The lunch will be in the traditional village Plaka and after this we return to our pick up stations.
Because this excursion is a bit further away the cost of the coach is higher, we do not increase the ticket price, but we need a minimum of 25 people. We will have this number because it’s a week before Easter and we can invite our friends to come.
For the Benefits of this coach trip the group of CIC Rethymno will vote on the coffee morning at La bamba on 4-3-2010

Price: 15,00 euro p.p. for members of the C.I.C and 17,50 for non members. Participation can be made by email. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or by phone 28310-56641 Tickets can also be obtained at the coffee morning of 4-3-2010 in the La Bamba bar.