We have never been to this island before but have been to Corfu and Crete in the past. We both really the enjoy these islands and so we thought at we would investigate another of them and, although we have only been here for three days, we have not been disappointed.
Our self catering accommodation has all that we need, the town of Pefkos has enough to do without being it being a 24/7 party town (let's face it, we are a bit too long in the tooth for all of that!), the people are friendly and the weather is fantastic (we do both love a bit of sunshine).
One of the views from our room
Our room is up a hill but it affords us lovely views. There is a lift that takes us half way up if we are overloaded with bags or just too hot to face the walk but I have only used it a couple of times so far. I like the challenge of walking from the bottom to the top, whatever the weather, whatever I am carrying. I like to think that at least I am getting a little bit of exercise to make up for all of the laying about in the sunshine that I'm doing! Let's face it, the 10,000 steps that I have been trying to do every day are not going to happen on this holiday. The 8 glasses of water a day, on the other hand, is extremely easy when you are seeing temperatures of 35 degrees on a daily basis.
We have are on to day 4 proper of our 10 day stay and yesterday afternoon we went on one of our three booked excursions. We find that, if we don't book such trips out, we stay in the resort and see little other than what is under our noses. Yesterday was Rhodes Old Town, a Unesco Heritage location and quite spectacular. We also have a night time boat trip around the harbour at the end of this evening which was lovely.
Our tour guide, a very chirpy man called Antonio, was a sweetheart who referred to everything as 'amazing' and was obviously unhappy about the number of immigrants who are now living in his country. He was very knowledgable, even down to telling us about the gypsies who come from Roumania, put their children on the streets playing accordions to raise money, drug their babies in the hope that tourists will part with their hard earned Euros out of pity and who actually live in luxury when they return to heir homelands at the end of the season.
We had a great tour of the old town and it was really quite something to see despite its delapidated condition due to the porous stone that was used to build the 4 foot thick walls.
Our trip also included a meze meal which was very enjoyable. Unfortunately we sat at a table with a lady and her teenage granddaughter or daughter ... not sure which... both of whom seemed to have had a difficult day and who didn't know how to smile. The older lady spent all of her time trying to get a wifi signal...in the middle of an ancient city with 4 foot walls??... and didn't say a word to us or the other couple on our table but was very good at shooting fierce glares at anyone who looked her way.
There was also a boyfriend of the young girl who wouldn't eat any of the food because it only ate 'plain stuff'. The waiters were incredibly patient and offered him various changes of menu. Eventually he nibbled on a piece of plain chicken and a bread roll. His girlfriend was much the same. When the three of them left the table there was an audible sigh of relief from us and the other couple at the end of our seating area. We immediately struck up a conversation which was so nice after enduring almost an hour of surly silence.
After eating we went up onto the roof of the restaurant to enjoy beautiful views and a cocktail👍🌞 
Sunset over Rhodes Old Town
Today will be a quiet day of sunshine, sea swimming and reading which is going to be nice. I've been really good with the sun lotion which my kids won't believe although,to be honest, if you don't use sunscreen out here you are asking for trouble. I have got a coupe of insect bites from last night which I've just spotted and I have got a very itchy chest but, apart from that,all is well.
Ive been so busy that I haven't mentioned the fact that I left my job last Friday, the day before we free out here. After two and a bit years my time as a healthcare assistant at the medical centre of the school I worked at has come to an end. The job was never quite what I expected it to be and the hours were not great but I will miss the place and the people more than I thought I would. It feels very strange to think that I won't be returning there in September.
Many people have asked me if I'm now going to retire which really shocked me at first. Do I look old enough to retire?!?! Don't answer that! I know that I don't feel it but I do know that I don't want to work nights anymore. They really aren't good for you and play havoc with the body clock. I will probably find a part time job of some sort as I do like to have my own money these days but I've no idea what I will do. There is always a great demand for care workers and care is what I have done for the vast majority of my working life. However, I feel that I may have had enough of that type of work despite knowing that I'm really good at it. I'm not sure that I have much more to give to others without it being detrimental to my own health. I do find it difficult to switch off from such work and it hasn't always done me any favours.
So, the future, as always, is waiting to be discovered and none of us know what it holds. I just hope that we all stay happy and healthy. We don't really need much more than that do we?
Right, I'm off for breakfast after applying some anti itch stuff to my ankles😉
Have a fabulous day.
Xxx
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