(smile) you should have had the two beers - to disguise the burger (eating burgers in Crete, the black shame!) Temperature - you'll probably always be a cool weather person, but as someone who doesn't love heat you can acclimatize with time, especially if it creeps up on you gradually. I had to run a fish tunnel (like an ag tunnel, but with fishtanks) where the air temps where often over 50 C - and of course 100% humid. And we were doing manual labour in there. half an hour was our working limit. The water had to be warm to grow tropical species/crosses as fast as possible. I hated it but learned to survive it. Wet clothes helped a little.
The Venetian period on crete may come into the next Heirs book so I may pick your brain for landscapes - paying for 2 kids at uni travelling will be resticted...
Good on you for the climbing. It comes back faster every time.