Hello, I’m back
It’s a glorious warm autumn morning here on Symi as I wake up bleary-eyed and ready to do battle with the admin and chores and all that jazz. Bleary-eyed because I set my alarm for 4.15 so I could ring Neil in Rhodes to make sure he was up and ready for his flight. The hotel was also asked to call him (which they did as I was speaking to him) but we had a backup plan in place because the morning before, the night porter had rung us at 6 a.m. to ask if we had booked a wake-up call. I was as polite as possible and said no, but it didn’t bode well for the next day, or for the person who didn’t get their call, or for everyone else in the hotel who was rung while he tried to find the person that actually wanted waking up. I also had Mr Box in New Zealand (11 hours ahead) give a call to make sure, and between us all, he was up in time for his taxi and flight which was at 6.40.
This morning I am off down to Yialos as I have a couple of things to do and will then be catching up on washing and so on, the usual household chores, before settling down to work for the afternoon. The daily walks will begin again tomorrow. We did plenty of walking in Rhodes and were lucky enough to be taken out for a drive to Filerimos, the monastery near the old and new airports with stunning views. There will be more photos in time, but here are some to keep you going.
