Agios Nikolaos

Agios Nikolaos is a port town on the northeastern part of the island of Crete.

Agios Nikolaos means 'Saint Nicholas' in Greek. The saint bears double importance: he is the patron saint of sailors and Greece itself.
There is archeological evidence that the town already existed in the Bronze age, just like Rethymno. An important archeological site can be found nearby, which is called Priniatikos Pyrgos.

This bunch of postcards from Greece is from a friend who lives in Athens and whom I met during Erasmus. I stayed for the whole academic year, while she returned to Greece after the end of the fall semester. We reunited when she came back to Milan and brought me some postcards from her beautiful and ancient country :)

From: I.I.
Date: April 2013

Rethymno

Rethymno is the third biggest city on the northern shores of the island of Crete.

The city was built in the Bronze Age by the Minoan civilization (c. 2700 to c. 1450 BC). Rethymno had its own coins, they minted money on which they used two dolphins in a circle. This depiction became the heraldic symbol of the city.

This bunch of postcards from Greece is from a friend who lives in Athens and whom I met during Erasmus. I stayed for the whole academic year, while she returned to Greece after the end of the fall semester. We reunited when she came back to Milan and brought me some postcards from her beautiful and ancient country :)

From: I.I.
Date: April 2013

A Raven of the Tower of London

The Tower of London keeps the Crown Jewels of England.
Besides this curiosity, it is the only place I've ever seen free roaming ravens in my life. They are residents of the Tower and legend has it that "if the ravens ever leave the fortress the Kingdom and the Tower will fall after."
There are seven ravens living in the Tower at the moment :)

Ravens are highly intelligent birds and capable of mimicing human speech, not surprisingly they are regarded as powerful creatures in mythologies.

Information on the Tower ravens: https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/whats-on/the-ravens/#gs.w7lqzj

Date: April 2001