Standing waiting for a taxi in the centre of Chania yesterday (19th August) we were pinned to the wall by a long file of tourists led by a lady holding aloft a paddle with a number on it, clearly identifying them as passengers on a cruise ship. The party stopped, filling the pavement by the taxi rank, their guide having apparently found something of consuming interest in the courtyard of what was formerly the 1^st Gymnasium of Chania, but is now the Chania Scholeio Defteris Efkairias or Second Chance School, established to give those over the age of 18 the chance to acquire the high-school diploma which they had previously missed. Perhaps the guide considered this educational experiment interesting enough in itself, although the courtyard also contains one of Chania’s many war memorials.