Off we go again
And here I am back from Rhodes, holiday over and back to work. We went across last Sunday on the Sebeco, and I came back yesterday on the Panagia which, on a Tuesday, comes directly to Yialos first, going to Panormitis later in the day. Neil met me, and we went to Mediterraneo for a relax before going to lunch at Trata – as if I haven’t done enough eating and drinking in the last 2.5 weeks.
When in Rhodes, I treated myself to an apartment in Mandraki, a place called ‘The Perfect Spot’, which you can find on Booking.com and elsewhere. I’d stayed there before so this time, Despina who own the apartments, sent me the access code and told me where to find my key. I let myself in and found everything, as the name implies, perfect. Clean, tidy, with everything you need for self-catering (not that I did much of that), on the pedestrian street, well glazed for peace and quiet, aircon and all mod cons. Highly recommended.
Mother stayed at the Plaza for a night, so I nipped up to there for breakfast – another bargain. It’s open to non-residents, and they have a huge buffet with just about everything you could need, apart from teapots, and all for only €7.00. Great value.
The journey back on Tuesday was easy. A walk around to Akandia, taking a short cut through the bottom of the Old Town and breezing onto the Panagia where I sat and looked through a Greek language book I had bought. I am considering taking an intensive three-week course next year and want to revise book one before seeing if I can manage stage two. I only realised this morning that the book I have isn’t the one the course uses, but Neil has a copy of that, so I’ll compare them later and see if my book one gets me to the required level for the course. I’ve done book one before, but want to revise from scratch to improve my writing and comprehension – so that’s another winter project to look forward to.
Anyway, it’s back to work, there’s a pile of washing to do, shopping to get in, piano to play later, and then I can get back to my next novel – which will be in English.
