Mon 21.Oct.2013
Rhodes, Greece
Nearing the end of my fourth week here, at the turning of the seasons. After
the first rain, the daytime highs dropped from the 90's°F to the high 70's.
(30's - 20's °C) A second rain last week brought us to the current low 70's.
Many are happy with the change. I can live with it, though the nights are
becoming cold.
I am told that sixty-four cruise ship visits are scheduled for this month.
They must be carrying light loads though, to judge by the level of crowds in
the streets.
Today we had a visit from the Queen Elizabeth herself. She only
began calling at Rhodes when the troubles began in North Africa two years
ago.
I could have sworn I had more on my mind to say this time.
If I remember what it is, it can go in one of the next few posts. I have a
growing backlog of photos piling up. As the season rolls along, the light
becomes ever more photophilic, to coin a word.
Thursday again - more market pictures.
I am looking forward to the end of November, when the mandarins and
clementines start to appear at the Thursday market.
Until then, I am enjoying the golden plums, and especially the sweet green
and ruby grapes, which I'll miss when they go out of season.
The grapes are seedy enough to thwart my impulse to wolf them down.
Instead I am forced to eat the li'l suckers slowly enough to savor them.
My first week here, I scored a kilo of very tasty nectarines at the very end
of their ripeness. I haven't seen them since, though; I assume that that was
it for nectarine season.
Being Here
Despite old movie titles, I've never gotten the hang of being there.
No matter where I go, it always turns out to be here.
It is always now too. How do you suppose they do that?
Foreign / international movies are usually shown in the original language
with Greek subtitles. But the posters may be purely in Greek.
Who can find Woody Allen's name in this poster?
One of the trickier minor challenges of life in Greece. Changing such a
deeply ingrained habit requires contant vigilance, even after
weeks.