Interesting bit about the Knossos labyrinth: the guide told us that the steps in the palace were designed in such a way that they wouldn't be tiring. The steps are not too steep and precisely the right dimensions to not exercise much stress on knees etc. To this day, 20 years later, I still evaluate modern staircases, steps, etc to those brilliant ancient standards.
For what it’s worth, the Battle of Crete did provide one of the great quotations in British naval history, by Admiral Cunningham when his fleet was taking losses from the Luftwaffe. “It takes three years to build a new ship. It will take three hundred to build a new tradition. The evacuation will continue.”
@@photoisca7386 On 30 May 1941, in a letter to the First Sea Lord, Sir Dudley Pound, Cunningham wrote, "The sending back of Gloucester and Fiji to Greyhound was another grave error and cost us those two ships. They were practically out of ammunition, but even had they been full up I think they would have gone. The Commanding Officer of Fiji told me that the air over Gloucester was black with planes."
This was the same Admiral Cunningham who, after HMS _Warspite_ rather improbably pulled off a high-speed run from Malta to Catania and back in only one day, sent the signal "OPERATION WELL CARRIED OUT X THERE IS NO QUESTION WHEN THE OLD LADY LIFTS HER SKIRTS SHE CAN RUN". He was evidently a most quotable chap, even if that _does_ have to settle for second-best naval signal of the war. (The best, of course, was "TURKEY TROTS TO WATER GG FROM CINCPAC ACTION COM THIRD FLEET INFO COMINCH CTF SEVENTY-SEVEN X WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS TASK FORCE THIRTY-FOUR RR THE WORLD WONDERS".)
I love these virtual tours, due to family reasons I will never leave the shores of England,so this is a wonderful way to love the world through someone else’s eyes.many many thanks Jingles.
Crete was the final straw, but another interesting fact about the German paratroopers and their transport is that they had already lost hundreds(a good bit over 300) of transports during the invasion of the Netherlands. There were roads and airfields where the ground was covered with ruined planes because the Dutch had inserted poles into the ground on likely landing spots.
First time I hear that. I know the German para's got lot of resistance from Dutch troops send for retaliation. (poles ? didn't hear about that) Anti-aircraf as well as Dutch air-force, not so much and as far there was, for a greatest deal outdated, so of just limited use !!! Well, Dutch, and, after the recession, didn't spend to much money into that kind of defenses. They concentrated (as partly in former ages) defense along (old) fortresses around Holland (is the west), combined with the idea to flood the lands before those bounders, defense of the Ridgeline of Utrechtse Heuvelrug (combined with bunkers and reserves for counter-attack) and in 1st place the rivers Maas and IJssel, bunkers on west-banks. But before that Dutch counted on being neutral (did help in WOI) and the agreement with Brits, but formal the French to send military help if being invaded by the Germans, wich the French indeed did, in the very south. But to little, to late, because The Netherlands were overrun within 5 days !!! (capitulation because the Germans threatened to bombard more cities than just Rotterdam). Short story, cut very short indeed, but just to indicate that Netherlands didn't hinder the Germans to much !!! About the item, I don't think the Germans did lose many planes in the Netherlands.
@@vanvan-oc4nj Considering they lost somewhere between 135-400 KIA, 1200 elite airlanding troops shipped off to Britain as POW before the surrender, and 182 transport planes destroyed I'd say the Dutch army inflicted some serious losses to their airlanding arm
I absolutely loved Crete. As an ex soldier, (sorry Jingles), I visited the beautifully kept war graves, where both German and Allied troops are buried. There is also a very touching memorial at the harbour, commemorating those lost at sea.
Brings back memories of our trip to Crete in 2001 - visits to Suda Bay cemetery, Maleme airfield, Hora Sfakion on the south coast (from where the Allied troops were evacuated) and, most memorably, the village of Galatas where the NZ Division had its HQ. It was a typically stinking hot day so the wife and I went into a little taverna in the village square to get a couple of cold ones. The bloke behind the bar was probably in his 60s and if he wasn't half-Maori then I would be very surprised. He noticed we both had Siver Fern emblems on our day packs so it ended up us not paying for drinks the whole afternoon. Great country, fabulous people.
Went to Crete on deployment(USN) back in 2017 and I have very fond memories of this place. Speaking of good food the Gryos there have ruined me forever, nothing else comes close. That sleepy Mediterranian vibe never got old the whole time. Loved the video Jingles!
Oh god, I have only had a Gyro once! I visited a Greek pub in Michigan and they had this wrap they called a Gyro which was awesome with the dipping sauce they gave you! I wish I could visit other countries and sample the local food like Anthony Bourdain from No Limits TV show!! That would be scary fun!
@@robert-janthuis9927 But, it was still funny! Just imagine you as a Grecian pizza shop owner watching a whole wave of British or American service men swooping, like the crows from Alfred Hitchcock's movie The Birds, down upon your sleepy little town and they are HUNGRY! LMFAO!!! I can lust imagine first, the dollar signs then the horror of realizing that you don't have nearly enough for all of them with the All You Can Eat menu!!!
I can't believe you mentioned Akrotiri without bringing up the fact that it's one of the inspirations for Plato's Atlantis myth. Or that the tsunamis reached the Nile delta and quite possibly influenced many flood myths in that region as well
Crete is my absolute favorite travel destination in Europe. Especially the west coast, which is far less developed and not as much swarming with tourists ^^
My grandfather fought in the battle of Crete as AA gunner on a German frigate. We went to Crete decades later and each time he was the most lively I have ever seen him. He would talk about the war, but never concisely and even on his deathbed those memories continued to haunt him. After his departure we went to Crete many times. I know half the island by heart and have a lot of stories I fondly look back on. The culture and food is amazing and unless you are from the former Eastern block it is well worth a visit. Just make sure to use Xhania airport, trust me.
"That is not military issue, Airman. What sort of uniform is that?" "Cretan camouflage, sir. If you want to blend in with a crowd of drunken Greeks, there's nothing better." "That is humor. I recognize that."
When we were on a holiday in Rethymnon in Crete you could go on a day trip with boat over to Santorini as well. Good way to check 2 nice boxes of the list in one go.
Been close to 20 years since I have been to Chania, but I still remember the gyro joint and the little alley with the leather goods just off the harbor.
Speaking of Jingles-friendly cities size and scope-wise, I have a feeling that seeing the 'ol gnome visit Tokyo and hearing his reactions would be the pinnacle of entertainment. 😂 Something to think about when the world reopens to non-simulated visits. Great video as usual, Jingles. I absolutely enjoy this series.
Jingles, come on now. What more could you ask for? Wine, women & song, of course! ... Jokes aside, Jingles, I'm loving these little tours and history lessons!
Thank you Jingles for the free advertisement of our isles :) For those seeking something far away from crowd or touristic traps eastern Crete have many gems especially inland villages
I'd watch! Would have to say and wright a disclaimer in a bunch of different languages so he don't get in trouble with TH-cam! XD Like he would care, I know but, we still need to look out for him, right? I tried to joke but, it turned all serious. XD
My wife and visited Crete about 4 years ago, and absolutely loved it! We too visited Knossos, an awe inspiring site, then we visited the Archaeological Museum in Heraklion, where all the weird and wonderful artefacts from Knossos etc were conserved and displayed. The Museum has a scale model of the palace as it would have looked in its heyday, made out of wood, really made you appreciate the skill of the builders. If you didn't get chance to visit the Museum, I'd definitely recommend taking the opportunity while visiting Crete.
I've been to Crete, Knossos, Heraklion, Santorini and I feel the same way as you, but you Mr Jingles are way better putting the summary into words than I could. Thank you for that
Fascinating tour! As someone is a studier and student of history and archaeology, this stuff always gets me interested and excited! Thank you for the video, Jingles!
I really, really appreciate your sense of history retelling! I've visited knossos once and I was mesmerised, I still am. I regret going there barely left my teens not doing my research before! But hey, I need to go and spend money again don't I?
Crete was the best place I ever got to visit serving in the R.A.N and I could not agree more that it is worth every effort to get there. The people, food and atmosphere are fantastic and the countryside is awesome.
As old to the ancient greeks as the pyramids are to us? The pyramids were built about the same time as Knossos. So the ancient greeks would have found them equally old, as would we.
@@paulvamos7319 Na he was saying that the old greeks saw something as ancient, and then compared that to something we see as ancient to empathize how old the minoans were. Problem was that the comparison made no sense. A better comparison would be that the old greeks saw the minoans as we see the fall of the roman empire.
I've been to Crete once with my father, somewhere around 2014 when I was but 14 years old, has been my only holiday outside of my home country in the last decade. I remember the landscape, dry and rocky, but good for hiking. And the owner of the little restaurant where we used to go often on our stay always would serve us greek yoghurt and honey after the meal, free of charge. Once our order got lost somewhere, so all we had were drinks, and still he came around after an hour - we had a laugh about it. Good times.
Spent many many months in Crete, including the areas in and around Chania and Heraklion during my time in the Navy. I really miss the food and sights there and plan to go back someday.
Go watch his Air-Soft videos if they are still up. Mind you, he put these up some years ago and they are fun to watch! I had fun and wish I had actually been there!
I know feeling your talking about, I felt it after going north of the Euphrates river in 03. After leaving Nasiriyah, I could feel the history almost like a pressure on me. Babylon is the most ancient site I've ever been to and that pressure was just short of physical.
I have been there a couple of times at a hotel right next to the airfield at Maleme. IIRC the Greeks let the Germans have their war cemetery on a hill nearby. It also happened to be the spot that was the allies HQ when it was liberated.
Went there 30years ago - went to buy a hat and met an old guy who was running the shop. He scowled at me "are you German??" . No, I said, I'm English. At that point he beamed a huge smile and produced a bottle of homemade rocket fuel of which I had to swallow a glass in one ( I did have some experience of tasting such substances so I was up to it ). Having passed the test he sold me a splendid hat for a song. The old war-era Cretans really didn't like the Germans but didn't seem to mind the English ......
honestly i love crete. i was there last year with my gf. first time greece for me tho. it was by far the most beautiful holidays ever. i strongly advise you tho dont fly there in august if you dont want to die from heat when visiting knossos (you HAVE to see it!)
Soon as you said you were going somewhere that had a role in the fall of the Minoan Empire, Santorini/Thera immediately popped into my mind. Then low and behold, I then saw the island itself on the horizon. I've heard that the Minoan Eruption may have also played a role in the Plagues of Egypt.
Akrotiri means Cape and/or promontory, considering theres allot of those on the greek islands, it wouldn’t be surprising if they all shared the same name
Your historical and geographical knowledge on things has me speechless. I was born in the Greek island of Samos currently living in Sydney Australia. Loving your tours on a time where travel is impossible.
Fond memories of visiting Crete with a touring NZ Army party visiting Maleme airfield, Suda Bay war cemetery, Chania, and Galatos back in the late 80s. And running the Samarian Gorge. Tourists didn't like a bunch of running soldiers gallivanting down that fun run like mountain goats forcing them to step aside. Did pause at the ruined village in the middle before racing off to the final stop on the southern coast. We were being idiots, simply letting off steam from the confines of tour buses and tour guides and the oft solemnity of the reason for our touring. Great people, the locals - warm, friendly and inviting. Would revisit in a heartbeat just to enjoy the place all over again.
Great vid Jingles! Remember seeing Knossos (sp) in your ACO vid series... which I need to keep watching. How does FS2020 handle details under the water? Because in 2007 the cruise ship MS Sea Diamond ran onto the rocks in the caldera of Santorini and sank. Fortunately only 2 passengers were lost. The ship's still there, but I don't know how deep. Supposedly visible from satellite imagery.
fun fact - Santorini created 'a pillar of fire by night, and a pillar of smoke by day'. Also the waters at the reed sea (mouth of the nile) completely receeded and disappeared for a couple of hours before the tsunami came crashing back in. Sound familiar?
Been looking at flights etc. to Chania today, so very current for me :D My brother and I had a holiday in Rethymno a few years back and Crete is amazing. Direct flights from Bristol (UK), but can't quite decide if all the various Covid requirements (forms mostly) and doubts about status changing are worth the effort. It's definitely next on the list though; we had one day there last time in Chania/Xania/Hania and will be back! As Jingles said at the start; people are Cretans first and Greeks second, there's loads to see and I highly recommend it to anyone.
Mick Barret is something of a legend, refused to hold the defence secretary's coat on a visit to the Ark. Let it him him, then the deck after being thrown at him.
I recently read a book called "Battle on 42nd Street" by Peter Monteath. It's the about the lead upto and baynot charge by the Australians and Kiwi's .
I spent 2 weeks in Crete, in septemper 1990, one of my best holiday souvenirs. Beautiful landscapes,air smelled of thyme, stacked and mixed up architectural periods. Cretans (*) were fine people if you don't behave like a moron and make the effort to use usual forms of politeness in Greek and don't pretend to be turk. In the biggest cities, some street name signs were in Greek and French, or Greek and German. And for the first and last time i seen BUCKETS of tarama in supermarkets. (*) you have escaped a despicable pun
the flight sim game series have come a long way in a few decades.. just imagine the thing in 2 more decades.. it could probably have everything.. from cars to boats.. vr headset and some sort of thing you can walk on.. and that is probably the way to either go on vacation or find a spot you would like to visit
Interesting. Let me guess, that twit Churchill had something to do with it? (sorry, Kiwi here... we got royally screwed at Gallipoli, and if my amateur research proves correct, it was because he sent us on a stupid mission). Will you be flying over there? I'd be keen to learn more.
Churchill wasn't the one who ordered the landings at Gallipoli, or even planned them. His plan was basically to take the British and French navies and have them smash through the Dardanelles. This plan failed as a result of the Ottomans mining the straits, resulting in like 4 ships sinking. Removing these mines turned out to be impossible thanks to Ottoman naval batteries shooting at any mine removal crafts. After the failure of this plan people came up with the idea to land troops on the peninsula to take out these forts to allow for the removal of the mines, which turned out like an absolute failure.
I think Jingles has given a fair description. For want of communications the NZ troops were ordered to fall back and also counter attacks couldn't be coordinated. Other factors were all the allied troops were not in tip top condition having just evacuated from Greece and then having to dig in on Crete without heavy equipment. Also during the day the Luftwaffe was shooting/bombing anything that moved on the very poor roads, which made reinforcing in a timely manner difficult.
Another excellent book about Crete and WW II is Natural Born Heros by Christopher McDougal, he recounts the islands history and efforts on the part of locals and the Allies to combat the Germans during the war while talking about physical fitness. Highly recommend
sounds like falkenberg in sweden is you`r kind of town. big enough to have things to do and see, not so big that you cant travel it all on foot in a day.
Have you thought about playing heliborn again? I used to love your vids on the game but I seems like you haven't talked about it for a long time, would love to see you visit it again
Not sure why it would be "strange" for Akrotiri (Ακρωτήρι) to be so common in the Med, as it means something like "cape," like in Cape of Good Hope. As Greeks once basically ruled the Mediterranean, had colonies from end to end, and of course continued to be culturally relevant even after Romans, Germans, and Arabs went about overrunning the place, it would make sense to find their words and names still about the place, even if corrupted here and there.
Just missed spotting my house, should have started flight 30 seconds earlier :-). Just one small niggle Jingles, Chania is not pronounced `karnia' it's `hanya'.
Interesting bit about the Knossos labyrinth: the guide told us that the steps in the palace were designed in such a way that they wouldn't be tiring. The steps are not too steep and precisely the right dimensions to not exercise much stress on knees etc. To this day, 20 years later, I still evaluate modern staircases, steps, etc to those brilliant ancient standards.
Why do you evaluate staircases?
@@jonywalabi2647 Tsk. Let's not kink-shame.
For what it’s worth, the Battle of Crete did provide one of the great quotations in British naval history, by Admiral Cunningham when his fleet was taking losses from the Luftwaffe.
“It takes three years to build a new ship. It will take three hundred to build a new tradition. The evacuation will continue.”
Didn't he afterwards regret sending the last wave of ships for evacuations as it cost him two cruisers?
@@lavrentivs9891 Why is there always some arsehole either trying to be smart or to bring something down, especially if its British.
That quote came from another admiral at Dunkirk, if I remember correctly.
@@photoisca7386 On 30 May 1941, in a letter to the First Sea Lord, Sir Dudley Pound, Cunningham wrote, "The sending back of Gloucester and Fiji to Greyhound was another grave error and cost us those two ships. They were practically out of ammunition, but even had they been full up I think they would have gone. The Commanding Officer of Fiji told me that the air over Gloucester was black with planes."
This was the same Admiral Cunningham who, after HMS _Warspite_ rather improbably pulled off a high-speed run from Malta to Catania and back in only one day, sent the signal "OPERATION WELL CARRIED OUT X THERE IS NO QUESTION WHEN THE OLD LADY LIFTS HER SKIRTS SHE CAN RUN". He was evidently a most quotable chap, even if that _does_ have to settle for second-best naval signal of the war.
(The best, of course, was "TURKEY TROTS TO WATER GG FROM CINCPAC ACTION COM THIRD FLEET INFO COMINCH CTF SEVENTY-SEVEN X WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS TASK FORCE THIRTY-FOUR RR THE WORLD WONDERS".)
I love these virtual tours, due to family reasons I will never leave the shores of England,so this is a wonderful way to love the world through someone else’s eyes.many many thanks Jingles.
Crete was the final straw, but another interesting fact about the German paratroopers and their transport is that they had already lost hundreds(a good bit over 300) of transports during the invasion of the Netherlands. There were roads and airfields where the ground was covered with ruined planes because the Dutch had inserted poles into the ground on likely landing spots.
Poor Polish people getting shoved into the ground :(((((
First time I hear that. I know the German para's got lot of resistance from Dutch troops send for retaliation. (poles ? didn't hear about that)
Anti-aircraf as well as Dutch air-force, not so much and as far there was, for a greatest deal outdated, so of just limited use !!!
Well, Dutch, and, after the recession, didn't spend to much money into that kind of defenses. They concentrated (as partly in former ages) defense along (old) fortresses around Holland (is the west), combined with the idea to flood the lands before those bounders, defense of the Ridgeline of Utrechtse Heuvelrug (combined with bunkers and reserves for counter-attack) and in 1st place the rivers Maas and IJssel, bunkers on west-banks. But before that Dutch counted on being neutral (did help in WOI) and the agreement with Brits, but formal the French to send military help if being invaded by the Germans, wich the French indeed did, in the very south.
But to little, to late, because The Netherlands were overrun within 5 days !!! (capitulation because the Germans threatened to bombard more cities than just Rotterdam). Short story, cut very short indeed, but just to indicate that Netherlands didn't hinder the Germans to much !!!
About the item, I don't think the Germans did lose many planes in the Netherlands.
@@vanvan-oc4nj Considering they lost somewhere between 135-400 KIA, 1200 elite airlanding troops shipped off to Britain as POW before the surrender, and 182 transport planes destroyed I'd say the Dutch army inflicted some serious losses to their airlanding arm
My favorite kind of video to have pop up in my feed. Please keep making as many of these as possible. The stories are just fantastic.
I absolutely loved Crete. As an ex soldier, (sorry Jingles), I visited the beautifully kept war graves, where both German and Allied troops are buried. There is also a very touching memorial at the harbour, commemorating those lost at sea.
Brings back memories of our trip to Crete in 2001 - visits to Suda Bay cemetery, Maleme airfield, Hora Sfakion on the south coast (from where the Allied troops were evacuated) and, most memorably, the village of Galatas where the NZ Division had its HQ. It was a typically stinking hot day so the wife and I went into a little taverna in the village square to get a couple of cold ones. The bloke behind the bar was probably in his 60s and if he wasn't half-Maori then I would be very surprised. He noticed we both had Siver Fern emblems on our day packs so it ended up us not paying for drinks the whole afternoon. Great country, fabulous people.
remind me what a silver fern emblem is
Went to Crete on deployment(USN) back in 2017 and I have very fond memories of this place. Speaking of good food the Gryos there have ruined me forever, nothing else comes close. That sleepy Mediterranian vibe never got old the whole time. Loved the video Jingles!
Oh god, I have only had a Gyro once! I visited a Greek pub in Michigan and they had this wrap they called a Gyro which was awesome with the dipping sauce they gave you! I wish I could visit other countries and sample the local food like Anthony Bourdain from No Limits TV show!! That would be scary fun!
Watching this, having landed in Crete last night!
Thanks Jingles.
We're having a great time.
15:00 " But we nearly bankrupted them" He says in a cheerful voice
Greeks: 😭 _Is this a joke to you._
Yeah, that was not one of his finest moments.
@@robert-janthuis9927 But, it was still funny! Just imagine you as a Grecian pizza shop owner watching a whole wave of British or American service men swooping, like the crows from Alfred Hitchcock's movie The Birds, down upon your sleepy little town and they are HUNGRY! LMFAO!!! I can lust imagine first, the dollar signs then the horror of realizing that you don't have nearly enough for all of them with the All You Can Eat menu!!!
I can't believe you mentioned Akrotiri without bringing up the fact that it's one of the inspirations for Plato's Atlantis myth. Or that the tsunamis reached the Nile delta and quite possibly influenced many flood myths in that region as well
Crete is my absolute favorite travel destination in Europe. Especially the west coast, which is far less developed and not as much swarming with tourists ^^
I can heartily recommend ALL of Antony Beevor’s books. He is a genius.
He's got great books on WW2
My grandfather fought in the battle of Crete as AA gunner on a German frigate. We went to Crete decades later and each time he was the most lively I have ever seen him. He would talk about the war, but never concisely and even on his deathbed those memories continued to haunt him. After his departure we went to Crete many times. I know half the island by heart and have a lot of stories I fondly look back on. The culture and food is amazing and unless you are from the former Eastern block it is well worth a visit. Just make sure to use Xhania airport, trust me.
I appreciate that the Flight Sim Videos are not the most watched, personally I love them and the stories thank you
Actually, Akrotiri or Akrotirio means cape, so there are many places with that name.
So Peninsular Peninsula?
@@kilotun8316 Sorry, my bad but it is in fact cape not peninsula, I got them mixed. I wasted the joke and screwed up the info... :(
@@nagashu7416 So Capering Cape?
@@kilotun8316 I think geographically speaking it is a peninsula, but it is called a Cape... So Cape peninsula? hahaha
Jingles great video... Telling stories about your travels and including very interesting history is priceless,
"That is not military issue, Airman. What sort of uniform is that?"
"Cretan camouflage, sir. If you want to blend in with a crowd of drunken Greeks, there's nothing better."
"That is humor. I recognize that."
When we were on a holiday in Rethymnon in Crete you could go on a day trip with boat over to Santorini as well. Good way to check 2 nice boxes of the list in one go.
Yay, it's "Story Time with Uncle Jingles!" Thank you for the funny and entertaining tales Ol Gnome!
Been close to 20 years since I have been to Chania, but I still remember the gyro joint and the little alley with the leather goods just off the harbor.
Speaking of Jingles-friendly cities size and scope-wise, I have a feeling that seeing the 'ol gnome visit Tokyo and hearing his reactions would be the pinnacle of entertainment. 😂
Something to think about when the world reopens to non-simulated visits. Great video as usual, Jingles. I absolutely enjoy this series.
Jingles, come on now. What more could you ask for?
Wine, women & song, of course!
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Jokes aside, Jingles, I'm loving these little tours and history lessons!
Thank you Jingles for the free advertisement of our isles :) For those seeking something far away from crowd or touristic traps eastern Crete have many gems especially inland villages
We need an 'R-rated' A Gnome Abroad
I'd watch! Would have to say and wright a disclaimer in a bunch of different languages so he don't get in trouble with TH-cam! XD Like he would care, I know but, we still need to look out for him, right?
I tried to joke but, it turned all serious. XD
My wife and I visited Crete during our honeymoon in 2010. A great place. We had loads of fun and Knossos is definitely worth a visit.
thank you, Sir! just 10 minutes of your stories makes my day into holiday.
My wife and visited Crete about 4 years ago, and absolutely loved it! We too visited Knossos, an awe inspiring site, then we visited the Archaeological Museum in Heraklion, where all the weird and wonderful artefacts from Knossos etc were conserved and displayed. The Museum has a scale model of the palace as it would have looked in its heyday, made out of wood, really made you appreciate the skill of the builders. If you didn't get chance to visit the Museum, I'd definitely recommend taking the opportunity while visiting Crete.
I've been to Crete, Knossos, Heraklion, Santorini and I feel the same way as you, but you Mr Jingles are way better putting the summary into words than I could. Thank you for that
Easy way to make my day better: watch a mighty jingles video
Fascinating tour! As someone is a studier and student of history and archaeology, this stuff always gets me interested and excited! Thank you for the video, Jingles!
Another masterpiece by jingles 💪
I really enjoy these. Hopefully they keep going for a long while.
It's nice to relive some memories of when I was on holiday there when I was young. Thank you for the nice and informative video :)
I remember going to Crete while in the Navy. Good times
I really, really appreciate your sense of history retelling!
I've visited knossos once and I was mesmerised, I still am.
I regret going there barely left my teens not doing my research before! But hey, I need to go and spend money again don't I?
Crete was the best place I ever got to visit serving in the R.A.N and I could not agree more that it is worth every effort to get there. The people, food and atmosphere are fantastic and the countryside is awesome.
Crete is beautiful, so much history as well. I spent 2 weeks there staying in Agios Nicolaios on holiday. Amazing food, history, scenery and weather.
As old to the ancient greeks as the pyramids are to us? The pyramids were built about the same time as Knossos.
So the ancient greeks would have found them equally old, as would we.
Isn't that what he said but, in a roundabout way? XD
@@paulvamos7319 Na he was saying that the old greeks saw something as ancient, and then compared that to something we see as ancient to empathize how old the minoans were.
Problem was that the comparison made no sense.
A better comparison would be that the old greeks saw the minoans as we see the fall of the roman empire.
@@5chr4pn3ll Oh, ok. Great catch because, I thought he said what you mean. XD Thank you.
We pulled into Souda Bay in 2011, so many memories. Thanks for bringing them back!!
I've been to Crete once with my father, somewhere around 2014 when I was but 14 years old, has been my only holiday outside of my home country in the last decade.
I remember the landscape, dry and rocky, but good for hiking. And the owner of the little restaurant where we used to go often on our stay always would serve us greek yoghurt and honey after the meal, free of charge.
Once our order got lost somewhere, so all we had were drinks, and still he came around after an hour - we had a laugh about it. Good times.
Spent many many months in Crete, including the areas in and around Chania and Heraklion during my time in the Navy. I really miss the food and sights there and plan to go back someday.
Yay!
My favorite series of Jingles to date is back :)
Go watch his Air-Soft videos if they are still up. Mind you, he put these up some years ago and they are fun to watch! I had fun and wish I had actually been there!
Efcharisto poli! Crete is always a fascinating place with some of the most hospitable people you can go to!
I know feeling your talking about, I felt it after going north of the Euphrates river in 03. After leaving Nasiriyah, I could feel the history almost like a pressure on me. Babylon is the most ancient site I've ever been to and that pressure was just short of physical.
I was so happy to see you flyby Santorini, it's such a recognisable island.
I have been there a couple of times at a hotel right next to the airfield at Maleme. IIRC the Greeks let the Germans have their war cemetery on a hill nearby.
It also happened to be the spot that was the allies HQ when it was liberated.
Went there 30years ago - went to buy a hat and met an old guy who was running the shop. He scowled at me "are you German??" . No, I said, I'm English. At that point he beamed a huge smile and produced a bottle of homemade rocket fuel of which I had to swallow a glass in one ( I did have some experience of tasting such substances so I was up to it ). Having passed the test he sold me a splendid hat for a song. The old war-era Cretans really didn't like the Germans but didn't seem to mind the English ......
You and the Americans and other Allies tried to help them. The Germans just bombed! XD
honestly i love crete. i was there last year with my gf. first time greece for me tho. it was by far the most beautiful holidays ever. i strongly advise you tho dont fly there in august if you dont want to die from heat when visiting knossos (you HAVE to see it!)
Great commentary and video thank you
Great footage and story from Granpadmiral Jingles.
Unlimited pizza is a theory and not a fact. Great story, Jingles. I knew this Gnome Abroad stuff was going to be great to have in the backround.
Soon as you said you were going somewhere that had a role in the fall of the Minoan Empire, Santorini/Thera immediately popped into my mind. Then low and behold, I then saw the island itself on the horizon. I've heard that the Minoan Eruption may have also played a role in the Plagues of Egypt.
I love these. Please keep doing them 😊
As someone who visited crete
I agree
You have to see knossos in person to see how beautifull it is
The port of heraklion is also worth visiting
Akrotiri means Cape and/or promontory, considering theres allot of those on the greek islands, it wouldn’t be surprising if they all shared the same name
Your historical and geographical knowledge on things has me speechless.
I was born in the Greek island of Samos currently living in Sydney Australia.
Loving your tours on a time where travel is impossible.
Greetings from Brisbane Queensland! You know the place where you NSW people are not aloud to go!😉
Fond memories of visiting Crete with a touring NZ Army party visiting Maleme airfield, Suda Bay war cemetery, Chania, and Galatos back in the late 80s. And running the Samarian Gorge. Tourists didn't like a bunch of running soldiers gallivanting down that fun run like mountain goats forcing them to step aside. Did pause at the ruined village in the middle before racing off to the final stop on the southern coast. We were being idiots, simply letting off steam from the confines of tour buses and tour guides and the oft solemnity of the reason for our touring. Great people, the locals - warm, friendly and inviting. Would revisit in a heartbeat just to enjoy the place all over again.
As a Greek and a Cretan thank you for making this video !!!
awesome content! Cant wait for more travel/history videos like this
I'll tell you what else is great value for money, your videos. Thanks for sharing, greetings from Thessaloniki, Greece.
Great vid Jingles! Remember seeing Knossos (sp) in your ACO vid series... which I need to keep watching. How does FS2020 handle details under the water? Because in 2007 the cruise ship MS Sea Diamond ran onto the rocks in the caldera of Santorini and sank. Fortunately only 2 passengers were lost. The ship's still there, but I don't know how deep. Supposedly visible from satellite imagery.
The Cretan tourist board will be posting your tickets any day now Jingles, in all seriousness Crete is epic!
Travel and story time with Mr. Jingles is my favorite type of videos!
When he's tellin stories, the Mr. magically turns into Uncle. XD Yay, it's story time with Uncle Jingles!
i hope you now know you owe us uncle jingles recounts historical battles in MS Flight sim the series
fun fact - Santorini created 'a pillar of fire by night, and a pillar of smoke by day'. Also the waters at the reed sea (mouth of the nile) completely receeded and disappeared for a couple of hours before the tsunami came crashing back in. Sound familiar?
We defeated the cretins at sparta.... No wait, the spartans at crete. Gotta love Mel Brooks!
Thanks mate, I love these
Been looking at flights etc. to Chania today, so very current for me :D My brother and I had a holiday in Rethymno a few years back and Crete is amazing. Direct flights from Bristol (UK), but can't quite decide if all the various Covid requirements (forms mostly) and doubts about status changing are worth the effort. It's definitely next on the list though; we had one day there last time in Chania/Xania/Hania and will be back! As Jingles said at the start; people are Cretans first and Greeks second, there's loads to see and I highly recommend it to anyone.
Booked Crete summer 2022. Thx!
My father was stationed at Crete in the early 60s and loved it. My mom not so much.
In the top 10 for the first time in a VERY long time.
Mick Barret is something of a legend, refused to hold the defence secretary's coat on a visit to the Ark. Let it him him, then the deck after being thrown at him.
I recently read a book called "Battle on 42nd Street" by Peter Monteath. It's the about the lead upto and baynot charge by the Australians and Kiwi's .
Overlord jingles have you ever heard about the nuke tests in Australia in the 40’s/50’s that the uk did?
Ooo another book recommendation… I haven’t even gotten through Neptune’s Inferno yet…
Never try to out drink Greeks with Ouzo. Trust me, you'll end up with a 3 day hangover and a hatetred for black licorice
When anyone offers you a clear liquid that is not water, do not drink it.
I spent 2 weeks in Crete, in septemper 1990, one of my best holiday souvenirs. Beautiful landscapes,air smelled of thyme, stacked and mixed up architectural periods. Cretans (*) were fine people if you don't behave like a moron and make the effort to use usual forms of politeness in Greek and don't pretend to be turk.
In the biggest cities, some street name signs were in Greek and French, or Greek and German. And for the first and last time i seen BUCKETS of tarama in supermarkets.
(*) you have escaped a despicable pun
Fun fact about santorini. In a documentary I watched it was alleged that the Story of Atlantis was based on the eruption there
This Episode made me want to play some AC Odyssey again...just missing Kassandra somehow
the flight sim game series have come a long way in a few decades.. just imagine the thing in 2 more decades.. it could probably have everything.. from cars to boats.. vr headset and some sort of thing you can walk on.. and that is probably the way to either go on vacation or find a spot you would like to visit
Love these vids
Thanks Jingles
i love these vids
Interesting. Let me guess, that twit Churchill had something to do with it? (sorry, Kiwi here... we got royally screwed at Gallipoli, and if my amateur research proves correct, it was because he sent us on a stupid mission). Will you be flying over there? I'd be keen to learn more.
Churchill wasn't the one who ordered the landings at Gallipoli, or even planned them. His plan was basically to take the British and French navies and have them smash through the Dardanelles. This plan failed as a result of the Ottomans mining the straits, resulting in like 4 ships sinking. Removing these mines turned out to be impossible thanks to Ottoman naval batteries shooting at any mine removal crafts. After the failure of this plan people came up with the idea to land troops on the peninsula to take out these forts to allow for the removal of the mines, which turned out like an absolute failure.
I think Jingles has given a fair description. For want of communications the NZ troops were ordered to fall back and also counter attacks couldn't be coordinated. Other factors were all the allied troops were not in tip top condition having just evacuated from Greece and then having to dig in on Crete without heavy equipment. Also during the day the Luftwaffe was shooting/bombing anything that moved on the very poor roads, which made reinforcing in a timely manner difficult.
Another excellent book about Crete and WW II is Natural Born Heros by Christopher McDougal, he recounts the islands history and efforts on the part of locals and the Allies to combat the Germans during the war while talking about physical fitness. Highly recommend
Thanks Jingles.
sounds like falkenberg in sweden is you`r kind of town. big enough to have things to do and see, not so big that you cant travel it all on foot in a day.
Sound level seems a lot lower than normal.
He has sound turned down so he won't have to shout over the noise of the aircraft he flies. That's my guess anyway.
Jingles, surprised you have not been asked to provide narration for tourist groups...
Love this
last time i was this early, it called a BohemianEagle chanel ;)
Tour guides with Jingles.
Akrotiri pretty much means peninsula. Kinda means the edge of some part of land. It can also be falsely translated as the edge of cheese.
Yes jingles Ive been there i was staying in Agios Nicholas beautiful place and yes I've been there done that and GOT THE TSHIRT lol minos maze lol
Have you thought about playing heliborn again? I used to love your vids on the game but I seems like you haven't talked about it for a long time, would love to see you visit it again
Not sure why it would be "strange" for Akrotiri (Ακρωτήρι) to be so common in the Med, as it means something like "cape," like in Cape of Good Hope. As Greeks once basically ruled the Mediterranean, had colonies from end to end, and of course continued to be culturally relevant even after Romans, Germans, and Arabs went about overrunning the place, it would make sense to find their words and names still about the place, even if corrupted here and there.
Just missed spotting my house, should have started flight 30 seconds earlier :-). Just one small niggle Jingles, Chania is not pronounced `karnia' it's `hanya'.
the fact that i could see my house feels....weird lol
The Fallschirmjager jumped multiple times after Crete, Hitler changed his mind later in the war, or just wasn't told about para drops conducted.