Rhodes: on and on.....oh what a tough life it is!

 

Rhodes: on and on......oh what a tough life it is!

Saturday

The day started slowly after a big day at Lindos yesterday. Squizz thinks even the noisy cicadas were up chirping well before anyone this morning! Even the cleaners and the gardener were here as we were getting up.

The morning saw some of the group of 8 (Squizz, Jenny & Trish) walking through Pefkos town to change money, a look around and maybe a shop while others (Annie, Trish & Sandy) went for a swim in Lee Beach's refreshing aqua water with both groups meeting at Lee Beach Restaurant for coffee and a ride home. A couple of others (Lib & Eric) relaxed at home until we returned.

 

Some of us then ventured by car to a little restaurant in the middle of the Island, called Apolakkia for a late lunch. It was scrumptious and the service was very friendly and accommodating. Tina and Jenny stayed in Pefkos having a most delicious lunch which they photographed for us and considering the windy road through the mountains, probably a wise move!

 

After lunch the group moved on to the wine district, desperately in search of a winery tour. After quite some discussions with locals, we made our way to Emponas and raided their shelves for goodies-nice wine, olive oils and special creams and oils. Some 500m further on we eagerly walked down into the wine cellars of Emery Wines. After some discussions and pretending to know what we were talking about, we bought some lovely wines and continued on our way through the centre of the Isle of Rhodes as we wound and seriously wound up hill and down dale back to Pefkos.

 

 

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Tina and Jenny stayed behind at the villa and spent some time planning some of the next stages of the trip, looking at accommodation on Crete. They then decided to wander back to Corralli down the road for some light lunch. They ordered a chicken Caesar salad, a special salad which had goats cheese drizzled with honey and topped with sesame seeds as well as some dips and breads- delicious. The rest of the day was spent bobbing around in the pool.

 

The pool beckoned when we arrived back and after a dip and a chat, we decided we would have a takeaway dinner from Corralli's Restaurant. Everyone got involved with the ordering, the sharing and the collection. Finally we all sat down to dinner around the table and had a birthday celebration, with all here at this time, for Sandy's birthday. 

 

A game of Mah-jong concluded the evening with Libby & Squizz winning both hands...though there was some dispute over Libby winning when she was playing her own hand and also helping Trish who was seated next to her!