Sat 11.Apr.2015
Rhodes, Greece
Dinner time in Rhodes! I am digging in to a piping hot spinach saganaki
in the common room here at Home Sweet Pub. The "hot" part is especially
appreciated. It has been a cold season here. The daily high temperature
has not reached 20°C since I arrived ten days ago. That means highs in the
mid-60's°F. Nights in the low-to-mid 50's.
OTOH Rhodes is still a neat place to be.
Here is the view over breakfast, from
the little landing outside my front door.
The medieval moat is a fine place to admire the old city's crusader-era
fortifications. Also a favorite place for joggers, dog walkers, and sightseers.
I took these flowers for nasturtiums, because of their deep red color.
I am informed by the botanically aware that they are actually poppies, even
if their color is very differently from my familiar California poppies.
They add a dash of vivid color to the moat in this season of Spring.
Home Sweet Pizza Pub
At the D'amboise Gate
The bridge over the moat.
Inside the gate, some local musicians playing for tips. One of them is a
friend. I usually tip street musicians anyway. Perhaps they remind me of
when I played guitar many decades ago.
Signspotting
The square root of time sounds like poetic imagery. But the minus sign
before time throws it into the realm of higher physics. In the modern
model of space-time, the square of a distance in time is negative.
Whether this is what the shopkeeper had in mind... your guess is as good as mine.
'Nuff said!
No passing for cars on Homer Street. I'm not sure cars are really supposed to
be on this section at all, but what the hey...
I am about to follow those people across the moat, and into the old city
through the Red Gate.
Ouzo! A distinctly Greek firewater that tastes like licorice, of all things.