Day 70 leaving Crete

Day 70. Monday, October 11th. Leaving Crete.
We visit Knossos near Iraklio. Very large Minoan Palace and the largest archeological site. Re-discovered in the late 1800s the site was bought by a wealthy English Archeologist who then (in just two years) excavated it using his own money. He then, controversially, re-constructed small parts of it as he thought it would have looked. So now you can see the old (or partially new) Doric columns and mosaics as they once would have looked. Impressive, we didn’t get time to visit the archeological museum in Iraklio and that would have helped bring it alive.
We drop the rental car and get on the ferry at 6.00pm (6 decks, swimming pool, small orthodox chapel, restaurant and cafe