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The Celestron Travel Scope 70 is a compact and cheap 70mm refractor telescope focused on portability. I ordered this telescope for two reasons: 1) i don't have telescope in my new home and i wanted something small and inexpensive. 2) All the reviews (look here and here ) are commenting on good price/quality ration. After sometime i decided to order it from Amazon. The only bad thing when ordering from Amazon is the arbitrary time of package arriving. Unfortunately, this time Amazon used the iparcel company for the transfer that caused an extra delay of 10 days. The package The package of the Celestron travel scope. Eyepieces and barlow lens of the travel scope. The package includes a telescope tube with a focal length of 400mm and aperture of 70mm, providing a focal ratio of f/5.7. The telescope uses mostly plastic components to keep the cost and weight down, including a plastic focuser and plastic lens shade. The glass lenses seems good quality and provide beau...

Rethimno is a beautiful city of approximately 40000 people in Crete. One of the well preserved places is the Rethymnon Old Town. The town still maintains its old aristocratic appearance, with its buildings dating from the 16th century, arched doorways, stone staircases, Byzantine and Hellenic-Roman remains, small Venetian harbor and narrow streets. Small road inside the old town of Rethimno in Crete, Greece. One of the many small streets in Rethimno from the beautiful island of Crete in Greece. View of the old port  Rethimno, Crete, Greece . View of the sea from  Fortezza , an old fortress in  Rethimno, Crete, Greece . At the top of a low hill named "Palaiokastro" there is a small fortress (Fortezza). It was built in 1590 to protect the city from the pirates raids and the Turks. The name "Palaiokastro which means 'The old Castle" was in use even by the Venetians which demonstrates the existence of an even older castle at this place.  The int...