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So we've been in Greece for ... :: counts on fingers :: ... five days now. We managed to destroy the brakes on our rental car and encounter a dead goat within an hour of landing on Crete, but other than that our trip has been fantastic. Beautiful weather, delicious food, amazing scenery. Also, kudos to Becca for keeping us alive on these roads. First, the drivers here are insane. They will pass three cars at once by swerving into the oncoming lane regardless of the fact we are approaching a curve and God knows what's on the other side. Also, the intersections are a kind of free-for-all: the traffic lights are tiny and usually hidden behind a bush. Same goes for the road signs - today we were looking for a turn that would take us to Rethymno and it was placed in a way that made us go, "It looks like we should turn here but there's no sign oh wait shit it's there fuck it's too late." Finally, the roads that curve around the mountains are treacherous. We have a suspicion that they are a conspiracy in which to weed out the weak and unworthy. No railings, and they snake around at death-defying angles. But we have survived thus far and hopefully our luck will hold a few more days.