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I haven't written for some time. A lot of things have happened since my 31st birthday. We went to Crete with mum at the end of July. It was a lot of fun, but the heat was hard to bear. I couldn't eat during the day. In the evening we had a rather big meal near the hotel. The waiter was a gem. I had one of the best pizzas I've ever eaten. We saw the ruins of Knossos. It was amazing. To build such things 3500 years ago! Otherwise I wasn't that overwhelmed with Crete. There just wasn't enough to see and do. It was a bit too touristy. The buildings were too new and still in not very good condition. Though I understand that Heraklion was mostly destroyed during WWII. In September I was in Szeged and we meet up with Gizi. She mentioned that her older son was going to Tuscany with a travel agency that did more active trips. It sounded great. I checked, and they still had seats on the bus, plus it wasn't very expensive. So I decided to go. I've f