Thu
19.Jan.2012
Rhodes, Greece
Finally the rain has cleared for a few days.
You could describe them two ways, these cloudless days. You could
say "cold but beautiful", or you could say "beautiful, but OMG
co-o-ld".
By late afternoon, the light breeze had a cutting edge to it, though
the weather report claims it was only low 40's °F.
A boat called Friday
The pickup truck that sells oranges from Kalymnos was in its usual
place by the harbor, just outside the city wall. I put out my usual
euro for a kilo of Mandarins yesterday. Curiously, they were less
than the usual great quality, though still edible.
Today I went back and got a kilo of superb clementines.
Oh ma darlin, oh ma darlin, oh ma dar-lin What's Her Name!
*** H. Hound
A botanical tribute to that ancient Macedonian conqueror, Oleander
the Great.
These leaves were dancing like dervishes in the wind, which may
have contributed to their soft-focus look.
Besieger's view of the grandmasters' palace, at the highest point
in the old city. We are looking across the moat.
The D'Amboise Gate,
named for the Grandmaster who ordered it built outside the earlier
Gate of St. Anthony.
To enter the old city by this route, you pass through both gates, on
a street beneath a gauntlet of cannon, outside the Grandmasters'
Palace.
St. Anthony's Gate is known colloquially as the Cannon Gate.
The Sea Gate faces the harbor, across the city from the D'Amboise
Gate.
Those flamboyant toppings on these towers, as on some other round
towers near the palace, were added by the Italians during their
occupation of Rhodes in the 1930's. They have tended to crumble
with time. The similar toppings around the Cannon Gate and the
palace entrance are being held together by cables and wooden
braces
To be fair, the designers probably expected them to be maintained
now and then.
Benchmarks, so to speak.
Reflection in a windshield. The bright rectangle on the left is
the car's rear window.
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