Although Greene and Belafonte are listed as co-composers here, some recent public comments made by friends of Malvina's make it sound as though the song was actually wholly of her making, and that the copyright was set up in this fashion simply because Belafonte made this a condition for his recording it.
Summer in Heraklion really begins in June, with the barometer beginning to rise by the end of May. The average temperature across summer sits at about 28 ÂºC.
the islands are very spread out, which is why those who went to Rhodes or Crete are recommending it, and those who went to Zakynthos are not. For october half-term it is too chancy for the northern islands. We've been to Greece in October before and had fairly good weather with the occasional torrential storm.