Dreaming up The Surprise Party
The Surprise Party is set in Loutró, a real village, on the rugged southern coast of Crete, an island I have returned to many times over the years.
I have passed the village several times on a ferry after hiking down the Samarian Gorge. I never stopped off, as it’s always a hurry after a day’s sweaty walking to get back to catch the last coach from Chora Sfakion to Chania, where, in order to ‘do’ the Gorge, you have to set out on a coach well before dawn.… read more