Half-way through our travels I think I should acknowledge one of the pleasures of being in Greece has been the people we have encountered. Most everyone we've talked to has been friendly and helpful. Standouts have been the woman working at the Heraklion mini-mart; the Santorini cave house landlord; the photographer at the ex-mosque art exhibit; the delightful young woman who manages the Icarus art store; and the fellow I talked to this evening at the ex-monastary art exhibit. This is consistent with our previous trip: the Greeks are friendly hosts who welcome visitors.
This afternoon we purchased several decorative clay wall hangings from Icarus, a store in the Jewish quarter. In the evening we walked out to the harbour, about a ten-minute walk, and took some low light photos of the harbour, and then we stopped into an art exhibit at what was once a cathedral.
According to google maps this building is called the Catholicon of the Venetian Monastery of St. Francis but I've not much more information to share. What I do know is we were walking down Chalidon street, one of the major shopping streets here in Chania, when we passed the door to what looked to be a large church. Turns out it was a former church. The beautiful space is currently hosting an art exhibit, largely photographs. Unfortunately they were about to close and, I learned when I talked to a very friendly fellow there, they were not re-opening in time for a longer visit. So it goes. Still, it's a beautiful space and it was accompanied by some very cool and eerie music.
The exhibit is sort of explained by the following photo.
According to google maps this building is called the Catholicon of the Venetian Monastery of St. Francis but I've not much more information to share. What I do know is we were walking down Chalidon street, one of the major shopping streets here in Chania, when we passed the door to what looked to be a large church. Turns out it was a former church. The beautiful space is currently hosting an art exhibit, largely photographs. Unfortunately they were about to close and, I learned when I talked to a very friendly fellow there, they were not re-opening in time for a longer visit. So it goes. Still, it's a beautiful space and it was accompanied by some very cool and eerie music.
The exhibit is sort of explained by the following photo.
According to google maps this building is called the Catholicon of the Venetian Monastery of St. Francis but I've not much more information to share. What I do know is we were walking down Chalidon street, one of the major shopping streets here in Chania, when we passed the door to what looked to be a large church. Turns out it was a former church. The beautiful space is currently hosting an art exhibit, largely photographs. Unfortunately they were about to close and, I learned when I talked to a very friendly fellow there, they were not re-opening in time for a longer visit. So it goes. Still, it's a beautiful space and it was accompanied by some very cool and eerie music.
The exhibit is sort of explained by the following photo.
