It's 7.20 on another fine bright morning at our studio accommodation at Pefkos Beach in Rhodes. We are still having the best time and the weather remains stunning. I know that I have already blogged from here but I'm going to do it again. I know...always taking chances😉
So, what's been happening over the last few days? Certainly Wimbledon and all its excitement and drama have passed us by completely and it was only yesterday that we realised that Andy Murray had made it to the semi finals shorty to be followed by the news that he had been soundly thrashed by Roger Federer who, from all reports that I have read, played superb tennis and thoroughly deserved his win.
Hubby has been a little more organised when it comes to the cricket, or more specifically, The Ashes. So much so that he has regularly asked the barman in one of the bars at our accommodation to put the cricket on the TV for him so that he can see how England are getting on. It's much quicker and easier to do that than to struggle to get a wifi connection and check it online. He seems happy with the teams progress and, last night, was trying to explain the 5 day test match rules and objectives to a nice barman who tried his best to follow the description he was being given but left after 5 minutes as confused as when he started!
On Thursday evening we didn't go out for food and had an evening in our room 'eating rubbish and watching junk on TV' a la Kevin in Home Alone😊. We had a baguette each, some nuts and Pringles and some lemonade. Shallow Hal was in the television and I hadn't seen that film so I quite enjoyed watching that.
As I was munching away at the Pringles I bit down on something that felt like a stone. It turned out to be part of my tooth. Fortunately it appears that it is from a tooth that has no root to it as, luckily, I am in no pain from it at all. I just feel like I have an enormous hole in my tooth. Dentist for me next week then.
The other physical thing I have had this holiday, except for the nagging realisation that I am, in deed, getting older as walking up and down steps leads to me hanging onto any handrail in case I miss my footing and fall and make a complete idiot of myself, is a raised red bumpy rash on my chest and arms. I assume it's some kind of heat rash but I have never had it before. My chest appears to be in the mend this morning but my arms remain bumpy. I have thrown away the sun oil protection that I was using and am going with Garnier Factor 20 from now on so I'll soon see if that makes any difference. I feel that it's some kind of prickly heat or similar but as long as it doesn't get worse then it won't be a problem. Fingers crossed.
Now, yesterday, Friday, we went on another organised day trip...this time it was to Lindos, then to an olive oil factory and finally back to Rhodes Old Town where we went the other day. We left at 8.30 am and were in Lindos in no time. The digital display in the coach told us that it was already 35 degrees. Yes, it was going to be an interesting climb up the 240 or so steps to get us the the foot of the Acropolis. We had an excellent tour guide who explained everything and more than we ever needed to know about the history surrounding the place and we set off on the climb to the top.
On the way up the steps we passed Greek ladies selling cotton goods, table clothes, clothing and similar which that spread out across the hillsides for tourists to see and we passed the donkies that are used as taxis to ferry less energetic people up to the top of the hill.
The views from the top were stunning and I do love Greek ruins so I was very happy. Despite the heat it was a joyful and moving experience for me which I found strange.
Our descent was incident free. Hubby finally brought a Greek shirt, we had a fresh orange juice each and then an ice cream ..mine pistachio flavoured and hubby lemon. There is also a wonderful church which you can visit on the way down. Photographs were not allowed and I had to cover my legs and shoulders before entering which I did with the wraps they provided. I can't really put into words how beautiful the interior of the church was. All I know is that I'm so happy I went in. Hubby didn't. It's not his thing.
Back to the coach, a quick half an hour at the olive oil factory...hardly a factory as we know it, more a shop with a car park...where we had the process of getting oil from the olives described to us and which finished with us all sampling various types of olive oil with fresh bread. My favourite was the oil with rosemary. I brought a can of oil.. a can because it keeps its flavour better than if stored in glass... and then back on the coach again and on to Rhodes Old Town via the coast which was stunning and passed the ancient Olympic arena which reminded me so much of a trip I made to Delfi years ago with some school children.
We got into Rhodes Old Town and saw a completely different side to it as we had a different tour guide. We basically had a couple of hours free time there and we decided to pay 6 euros each and go into the museum which used to be a hospital many, many years ago.
Well, it was the best 12 euros we have spent. The museum was full of Greek artefacts, many damaged but still astonishing in their history. Statues of Athena and Zeus with heads or feet or hands missing. Headstones of people who had died in the hospital, bronze tweezers and ear rings, more Greek pottery than you've ever seen...all on display. Mosaics from swimming baths, statues of lions and a dolphin were easily spotted. Walks through glorious gardens full of medicinal herbs and citrus trees and rooms where, I believe, patients who were convalescing could gather. It was amazing!
We found a cafe in the shade in the grounds of the museum and enjoyed a cold beer and a Greek salad before returning to the streets, having another ice cream .. this time I had banana flavour.... and then back onto the coach for our trip back to the hotel.
The display on the coach informed us that it was now 36 degrees. That was at 5pm. We got to our accommodation, hubby caught up with the cricket and we had a couple of drinks before returning to our room to get ready for the evening. We were both pretty tired but forced ourselves to go out and eat!
I think today will be a quiet one. A trip to the beach is planned but that's about all which is fine with me. There is currently a gentle breeze on the balcony where I'm typing this and people are starting to surface and go down to breakfast. Most have their beach towels with them so I expect a lot of the sun beds will have been taken very soon. Some things never change!
Xxx
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