And back to Symi, again
I thought I would share the hundreds of images I took in Rhodes last week, and then realised I only took five, and two of them were on Symi. Ah well; here are five images I took earlier this week.
And as for getting back to Symi: Since Wednesday night I’ve seen the harbour, as I walked around it, the village square and the inside of Georgio’s taverna, oh, and the supermarket. That’s about it. I have no idea what’s going on out there or down there but I can tell you that it’s still warm, though a little cloudy, and there is a wind from the northwest (I believe) that has a little bit of a bite to it. But only a kind of pre-teething bite, nothing that actually does any damage.
There have been boats though; some more sailing boats and private yachts, you know, the large ones. The ones that no-one really admits to liking but secretly wants to be invited on, or even better, own. ‘I hate those super-yachts,’ says One. ‘That’s a shame,’ says the other. A look passes between the two, One questioning, Two half-smiling in the pre-glow of a good putdown. ‘I was going to invite you aboard for dinner.’ ‘Well,’ One counters, ‘I didn’t mean yours of course.’
And so, into the weekend and what does that hold in store? Just writing for me, at the moment. Some housework no doubt and the thrill of some repotting in the courtyard perhaps. I am popping back to Rhodes on Wednesday for the day, so that will give me a day out. The Wednesday boat is popular for shoppers. You can save the price of your ticket by spending only one hour in Lidl and, if you spend two hours in Carrefour, you can also afford a hire car. It’s one of those eccentric mathematical figurings where they manage to make the term ‘the more you spend the more you save’ sound logical. Never works for me. If you wanted to save you wouldn’t spend at all. But you know what I mean.
It’s not just for the savings though, the reason the boats are treated like a local bus on shopping day. On Wednesday, with the boat on time, you actually get the right amount of shopping time. Leave here at 8.00, arrive just after 9.00 (this is with the punctual and fast Paros) and then you have five hours to do your stuff before being safely back on board with half an hour to spare. You can do the same on Friday but you have an extra four hours there. Perfect for a shop and a very long lunch but you’re not always guaranteed to leave on time if the weather is bad, as the boat goes down to Kastelorizo after Rhodes.
But yes, we have been having more boats including the Sea Dreams trips and some extra Dodekanisos coming for the day. I still advise you check the boat sites before you make your travel plans though as it’s still possible to not get back and forth conveniently on some days, and over-nigh stays in Rhodes are still possible.
There, that’s it from me. It’s been a busy week, what with work and wiring, beeps and books, arsenic and old lace. (No idea why, just came out; great film, must find it again.) And so I am off for a quiet weekend now, I hope. You never know what lies in store when you get back to Symi.
