u/430beatle

Currently planning a trip to Greece this summer with my wife and two family members. Right now the schedule is like

Day 1 - 3 Athens (2 nights)

Day 3 - 5 Santorini (2 nights)

Day 5 - 8 Naxos (3 nights)

Day 8 - 9 Athens (1 night)

Before returning home. I am super interested in visiting Crete, but I’ve read here that you really would want a at least whole week to go there because there’s so much to do, which is why I chose Naxos instead (and it’s closer to the other places we planned to see).

Price wise though, at least in terms of transport between islands, Crete might even be cheaper to visit than Naxos. I think both would be lovely, and while I think just a few days is generally considered not enough time for Crete, I’m not sure I’ll get another chance to go in the future (my wife isn’t able to take long vacations easily so when she does I imagine she’d want to visit a different country).

Although I’ve booked hotels for our current schedule, I haven’t actually paid yet and they have free cancellation, so dropping Naxos to do Crete is still a possibility, but would it be worth it to do so, even if the Crete trip would only be for 3 nights?

(I should also add that renting a car is a possibility for either Crete or Naxos)

I hear a lot of language learners (particularly polyglot YouTubers) mention graded readers as one of their most used tools for improving. However, I’m not exactly sure what constitutes a graded reader. Is it just a book in your TL but with the difficulty toned down to be around your current level?

I tried looking for “graded reader French” on amazon, and while I got some results like “French short stories” I wasn’t really sure if these are what people are referring to (I have to use amazon Japan, so it’s possible that there are less products there marketed as a graded reader).

Are there any titles or graded readers you all could recommend around the A2 level? (I’m not sure exactly what my level is, but I’m about 3 and a half months into studying daily with Pimsleur, supplementing with innerfrench, a textbook, and watching lots of YouTube videos in easy French, and I think I’m making good progress, so I’m estimating ~A2)