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Heraklion, Greece
5 customs and traditions in Heraklion — what they are, and how to take part without causing offence.
Raki and a small sweet arrive unbidden at the end of every meal, and refusing is not really an option.
Grape pomace spirit, distilled in autumn at village stills, and drunk with everything.
A three-stringed bowed instrument played at every celebration, with improvised sung couplets.
Wild greens, olive oil in quantity, pulses and very little meat — the original Mediterranean diet study was here.
Crete produces some of the world's best; the mills run from November.
