Rodos

We're staying in an old stone house with thick walls and deep marble window sills. There's an outdoor courtyard with a lemon tree and a tiny glimpse of the sea. We have a kitchen, so decided to make coffee - and it was indescribably awful. We thought it was the hard bore water so used bottled. Still disgusting. Then we thought it was the scale on the pot we were using, so tried another.  Bought new coffee, and still no joy. And finally - yuck, it's the milk! 

A slow start yesterday and then of course we went outside at 'mad dogs & englishmen' hour. Blazing hot sun, & thousands of tourists off the 3 huge cruise ships in the harbour. We explored the ramparts on the way to the nearest beach.

Things are not always what they seem.

The beach was  packed with deck chairs and umbrellas almost as far as the eye could see, and we were heading for the point and a bit of peace and quiet - pointless really. But the sea was a delight - deep clear blue against a cloudless sky, and the water is clean and refreshing.

Very pebbly though.

We ate souvlaki (roast lamb sandwiches) for lunch and retired to our hacienda for the heat of the afternoon - 33 degrees, and baking.

Dinner at a local restaurant, complete with musicians playing bouzoukis, and traditional Greek music. Nice for a change as so much is geared towards tourists tastes, that you have to go looking for the more authentic.

And finally for Dean - some pictures of the local roads in Rhodes - lol