Kritsánna

Okay, I will put you all out of your misery. Here are pictures of the house in Kritsa. It is called "Kritsanna" combining the Kritsa, the name of the village, with Anna, the name of the old lady who owned it before it's restoration:

Manolis at the front door.

Houses in Crete are all built into each other. What we see here is 3 maybe 4 houses, all sharing walls.

Living room

If you come in the front door and turn around you have this view. On the right a fire place containing a wood burning stove. This is where old Anna used to cook on an open hearth. To the left is a niche, where fresh water traditionally was kept cool in terracotta jugs.

another view of the living room.

Kitchen

If you look straight ahead as you enter the living room, you can see straight through to back door with the kitchen area on the right, and the dining area on the left. 

Dining area

There is an alley out back with grape covered pergolas.

Manolis in the back alley.

Imediatly to the left is the stablel The window is boarded up. There is a low door. Inside, the back wall is rounded. and there are beams across most of the room holding a hay loft. A door connects to the house next door (with the blue door). This is the stable which will be restored and incorporated into my house as a second bedroom. 

The stable

Standing in the middle of the house, with the kitchen/dining area in front and the living room behind , you have steps going up to the second level on your left. I had forgotten to take a picture, so this one was taken off the online prospectus for the house. 

Steps to the upper level.

 Under the steps is an office space and the bathroom next to it. The door to the second bedroom will be where the picture is now. 

Study and Bathroom

Upstairs is a bedroom and from the bedroom a door onto the roof terrace. 

Bedroom

Door to roof terrace from bedroom

Roof terrace with pergola.

Up here there is room for potted plants, an outdoor cooking area, and clothes drying rack. Manolis has promised to plant a vine with purple grapes next to the back door this winter, which will climb over the pergola. 

View from roof onto the back alley.

We climbed onto the roof, where there is a solar panel that heats the hot water, as well as a satelite dish and I took some pictures of the immediate surroundings. 

Olive and orange trees behind the house.

There is a lovely view of the surrounding mountains and even the sea from the roof terrace, but unfortunatly the day was too hazy to get a good picture.